1895.] TBOM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 461 



extends northwards to 20° N. lat. It reaches also the coast of 

 Samhar, and is found over the whole of Abyssinia up to 8000 or 

 9000 feet, in the Gala countries, in Senaar and Kordofan, as well 

 as in the district of the Lower Nile. In Shoa, Antinori found the 

 species breeding. Mr. Jackson met with it near Lake Naiwascha, 

 but in East Africa generally its place seems to be taken by 

 L. sycobius, Peters (c/. Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 172). 



8. Heteeopsau albicapilltjs. 



Notaurjes albicajnlhis (Blyth) ; Heugl. Orn., N.O.-Afr. i. ,p. 520 

 (1871): Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 413; Oust.Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, 

 xxxi. art. 10, p. 11 (1886). 



Heteropsar albicapillus, Sharpe, Cat. B, Brit. Mus. xxxi. p. 186 

 (1890) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 559 (1894 : Warandab). 



a. Ad. Lessabane, 3150 feet. Breeding. 



9. Spreo shelleyi. 



S2)reo shelleyi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 190 (1890). 

 a. (J. Hargeisa, July 21, 1S94. Iris orange. 

 h. 2 . Darar, Sept. 15, 1894. Iris orange next the pupil, 

 merging into lemon-yellow. 



10. Speed supeebus. 



Notauc/es siqjerbus (Eiipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 517 

 (1871) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 412 ; Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes 

 Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 11 (1886); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Geuov. (2) 

 i. p. 199 (1884), vi. p. 298 (1888) ; id. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) 

 xliv. p. 560 (1894 : Warandab and Mandera). 



Sj)feo superhus, Shai'pe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 189 (1890) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1891, p. 243 ; Eeichen. Vcig. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 171 

 (1894). 



a. (J ad. Dunarn, Jan. 4, 1895. Iris cream-colour. 



Heuglin states that this Starling is found on the Somali 

 plateaux, on the highlands of Shoa, on the Bahr-el-Abiad, and the 

 upper Djur. On the White Nile it never extends north of 7° or 

 8° N. lat. Brehm's statement that the species is found up to 10° 

 N. lat. is wrong, according to Heuglin, who says that it is met 

 with first to the south of the swamp-region. Eagazzi met with it 

 in Shoa at Cialalaka, and Antinori says that it is very common in 

 the spacious valley of Daimbi, where it is resident. Mr. Jackson 

 met with it at Machako's in Ukambani, and Dr. Eeichenow gives 

 many localities in German East-Africa, from Dar-es-Salaam 

 through Masai-land. 



Earn. BupHAGiD^. 



11. Buphaga eextheoehtncha. 



'' Buphaga erythrorhyncha (Stanl.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 

 p. 716 (1891)'; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 410; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 



