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Onychognathus morio (Linnaeus) Red-winged Starling 



In my first account (1949a, p. 14) I listed three records; since then 

 I have learned of six more. The additional cases make it clear 

 that the red-winged starling must be looked upon as a regular victim 

 of the great-spotted cuckoo in eastern South Africa. Elsewhere in its 

 range this starling has not yet been found to be parasitized. 



Spreo bicolor (Gmelin) Pied Starling 



The statement in my earlier account (1949a, p. 14) may be ampli- 

 fied as I now have data on many more instances of parasitism on 

 this starling. It is the most frequently reported fosterer in eastern 

 South Africa, and is the only earth-tunnel nester regularly and fre- 

 quently used by the parasite. As many as six cuckoo eggs have been 

 taken from one nest of this bird. The graph (fig. 13, p. 46) illustrat- 

 ing the discussion of "intensity of parasitism" shows the relationship 

 in egg numbers of starling and cuckoo in 14 instances. 



Spreo albicapillus Blyth White-capped Starling 



This starling was added to the known hosts of the cuckoo by 

 Archer (in Archer and Godman, 1961, p. 657), who found, at Sheikh, 

 in former British Somaliland (now a part of the Somali Republic), 

 on May 14, a nest of this bird containing two eggs of the parasite in 

 addition to five of the host. 



Lamprotomis nitens (Linnaeus) Red-shouldered Glossy Starling 



Three additional cases have been forthcoming from Natal since 

 the four (not three as erroneously recorded) cases mentioned in my 

 earlier account (1949a, p. 14). All refer to the host race L. n. 

 phoenicopterus. 



Lamprotomis caudatus (St. Miill.) Long-tailed Glossy Starling 



At El Obeid, Kordofan, Sudan, in November 1932, Madden (1934, 

 p. 94) noted a pair of long-tailed starlings feeding a recently fledged 

 great-spotted cuckoo. This is still the only record for this host. When 

 I first commented on this case (1956, p. 378) it was the only instance 

 of a hole-nesting bird being parasitized by this cuckoo north of 

 South Africa. Since then, a similar case, involving another, but allied, 

 species of starling, has been reported from former British Somaliland 

 (now a part of the Somali Republic), and still another from Southern 

 Rhodesia. 



