258 DR. 0. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
in Mr. Jesse’s collection are marked “ male,” the spotted ones (four) “females.” These 
notices are of more value, as Mr. Jesse has determined the sexes by anatomical dissec- 
tion.—O. F. 
[Iris lightish brown; beak black; legs and feet black. 
The series of ten specimens before me were procured at the following localities, the 
two earliest dating 14th April, 1868: Sooroo, Undel Wells, Senafé (Abyssinia), Rairo, 
and Monbar-Haratt-b’ (Hamazan). Up to about the beginning of April these birds 
were not to be seen, and only began to be plentiful towards the end of May. The 
female resembles the common Thrush (Zurdus musicus) in plumage. 
Those shot at Rairo and Monbar-Haratt-b’ were killed in August.—W. J.] 
112. NoravGEs curysocasTer (Gml.). 
Lamprotornis rufiventris, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. t.11. f.1; éd. Syst. Uebers. p. 75. no. 247; Heugl. 
Syst. Uebers. no. 351. 
Notauges chrysogaster, Heugl. Fauna des Roth. M. no, 148. 
Lamprocolius rufiventris, Brehm, Habesch, p. 216. no, 84. 
a. 2. Eylet. June 24 (no. 1255). 
b. 2. Eylet. June 24 (no. 446). 
c. dé. Hylet. June 25 (no. 1290). 
d. 3. Waliko, July 24 (no. 1423). 
e. d. Waliko. July 24 (no. 935). 
[Iris white; beak black; legs and feet black. 
This bird I first met with during the journey to Bogos, at Eylet, and again on the 
river Anseba; it occurs in flocks, is a noisy bird, and is not unlike the common Starling 
(S. vulgaris) in its habits. Towards the end of the season, or rather of my stay in the 
Bogos country, these birds were infested with vermin', and were so disfigured as to be 
useless as specimens. Contents of stomach, principally coleoptera.—W. J. ] 
113. LamproTorNis PURPUROPTERA, Riipp. 
Lamprotornis purpuropterus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pp. 64 et 75. no, 251, t. 25. 
eneocephalus et L. Burchelli, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. nos. 355, 356. 
e@neus, Brehm, Habesch, p. 216. no. 82. 
—— purpuroptera, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 11. 
a. 3. Bejook. July 13 (no. 1669). 
b. Bejook. July 13 (no. 1997). 
c. 9. Waliko. July 23 (no. 1208). 
d. 3. Waliko. July 24 (no. 1738). 
The sexes are alike; but the females are a good deal smaller in size. 
* Lice and ticks, some of the latter quite an eighth of an inch square.— W. J. 
