l.AMPROCnLirs. 425 



Lamprocolius purpureus (P. L. S. Mail.}. 



Lamprocolius purpureus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 175 (1890) ; 



Reich. Vo<j. Afr. ii. p. 691 (190-3) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 539 (1909) ; 



Nehrk. K<it. Eiergamml. p. 351 (1910). 

 Lainprotornis purpureus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 78 (1906). 



An egg said to be that of the Purple Glossy Starling is of a pointed 

 oval shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, spotted all 

 over with brown and lilac-grey, the markings being inost numerous 

 round the larger end. It measures 1*17 by -85. 



1. West Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Lamprocolius phoenicopterus (Swains.). 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Lamprocolius phoenicopterus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 425 

 (1875-84) ; Sharpe., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 180 (1890) ; Kmchel, 



Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 541 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 

 (1910). 

 Lainprotornis phcenicopterus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [part.]. 



Eggs of the Red-shouldered Glossy Starling are of a long oval 

 shape and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour varies from pale 

 blue to bluish-green, marked all over with rather small spots of 

 pale reddish-brown and lilac-grey. They vary m length from 1*1 

 to 1'18, and in breadth from '77 to *82. 



3. Grahamstown, C. Colony, 30th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Nov. (B. V. J.). 

 3. Belmont, nr. Grahamstown, 4th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. (L. Palmer). 



Lamprocolius bispecularis (Strickl.). 



Lamprocolius bispecularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 181 (1890) ; 



id., Hand-L v. p. 541 (1909). 

 Lamprocolius pho3nicopterus bispecularis, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 



i. p. 39 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 686 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. 



S. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. 76 (1908). 

 Lainprotornis phoenicopterus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [part.]. 



Eggs of the Lesser Red-shouldered Glossy Starling resemble those 

 of L.-plicemcopterus. They measure 1*15 by '72; I'l by *7B. 



One taken by Dr. W. J. Ansorge from the oviduct of a female is 

 uniform bright bluish-green. It measures 1*05 by '8. 



