276 PASSERES. 



Lamprocolius chloropterus, Hartl. Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vi. 

 p. 64. 



a Senegal? (Weaver) 1843. 

 A West- African species. 



1355. Lamprocolius phcenicopterus. 



Lamprotornis phoenicopterus, Svv. An. in Menag; p. 360. 



Lamprocolius phcenicopterus, Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. 

 p. 160: Hartl. Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 67. 



Spreo bispecularis, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 149. 



a Cape of Good Hope (Bt. at Stevens' s) 1843. b, c 

 (Arthur Strickland) 1850. d Damara-land (C. J. Andersson) 

 1852. 



d is the type of S. bispecularis, Strickl., and is smaller than is 

 usual in specimens of L. phcenicopterus. But as the difference is slight 

 and apparently not constant, I think Mr Gurney (I. s. c.) right in 

 recognizing only a single species. 



1356. Lamprocolius melanogaster. 



Lamprotornis melanogaster, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 297. 

 Lamprocolius melanogaster, Hartl. Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, 

 iv. p. 72. 



a South Africa (Gardner) 1845. 



PHOLIDAUGES. 

 Pholidauges, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 198 (1851). 



1357. Pholidauges leucogaster. 



Turdus leucogaster, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 819. 



Pholidauges leucogaster, Cab. 1. s. c.: Finsch & Hartl. v. d. 

 Decken's Reise, iv. p. 376 : Hartl. Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. 

 p. 76. 



Lamprotornis leucogaster, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 152, pi. 8. 



a W. Africa (W. Airtland) 1838. b $ Senegal (Q. Lloyd) 

 1838. 



SPREO. 



Spreo, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 407 (1831), as a subgenus. 



1358. Spreo bicolor. 



Turdus bicolor, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 835. 



