1895.] FROM WESXEBN SOMALI-LASD. 459 



in the mountains of Ankober in Shoa. In East Africa it is re- 

 placed by C. albicolUs (c/. Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 166). 



Earn. Stuenid^. 



2. DiLOPHUS CAHTTNCUlATirS. 



BilopTiiis canmndatus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr, i. p. 529 ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mas. Genov. (2) i. p. 197 (1884), vi. p. 297 (1888); 

 Sbarpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 61 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 243; Salvad. 

 Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 560 (1894); Eeichen. Vog. 

 Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 171 (1894). 



a. $ . Hargeisa, July 16, 1894. Iris brown ; bare skin 

 lemon-yeUow. 



Heuglin was not certain whether this Starling is sedentary in N.E. 

 Africa or not. It was rare, and foimd during the rainy season in 

 Abyssinia, on the Blue and White NHes, and in Kordofan. In 

 Shoa, however, Antinori found it in flocks throughout the year in 

 the valley of Daimbi, breeding in May. Eagazzi records it from 

 the Falls of Gherba. Mr. Jackson met with the species in Kitosh, 

 and says that it was very common all round Naivasha and north to 

 Kisidong in large flocks. It is also distributed widely in German 

 East Africa, Dr. Eeichenow giving the following localities for the 

 species : — Igonda, Ugalla, Irangi, Wembaere Steppes, Simiu Eiver, 

 Ampeke, Ikuni Island. 



Family Eulabetidje. 



3. LaMPEOTOBNIS POEPHTEOPTEEtrS. 



Lamprotomis ptirpuroptera, Eiipp. Syst. TJebers. pp. 64, 75, 

 Taf. XXV. (1845) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 198 (1884). 



Laniprotornis porphyroptera (Cab.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 

 p. 511; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 156 (1890); id. Ibis, 

 1891, p. 240 ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 173 (1894). 



a. S . Sheik Husein, Oct. 1, 1894. Iris cream-colour. 



According to Heuglin a tolerably common bird in the mountains 

 of Northern Abyssinia up to 6000 feet and the western " Quola " 

 district, in Senar, Kordofan, Takah, and along the White Nile and 

 its tributaries. It is sedentary, breeding in July and August. In 

 Shoa, Antinori says it is plentiful in the " Kolla " districts, but was 

 rare near Daimbi. Mr. Jackson found the species plentiful in 

 small flocks in Turquel ; and, according to Dr. Eeichenow, it is 

 found on the Pangani and Ugalla Bivers, and his other localities 

 are Bukome Itale, Kageyi, and the Simiu Eiver, while it has like- 

 wise been found at Witu, Lamo, and in Wapokomoland, and at 

 Nassa on the Victoria Nyanza. 



4. COSSIOPSAEUS EEGIUS. 



Cosmopsarus regius, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 411 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 160 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 241 Salvad, 



