264 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EU^VENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



The pair collected by Mr. K. E. Dent were said to be breeding. As suggested by 

 Dr. Sharpe {cf. 'Ibis,' 1899, p. 590), the adult female resembles the male in plumage, 

 but has the belly, &c., of a paler cinnamon-rufous ; it is, moreover, smaller. 



The measurements of the above specimens are as follows : — 



Wing. Tail, 



in. in. 



Male 4-0 2-55 



Female 3-8 2-35 



Female ..... 3-6 2-3 



[Sharpe's Starling was occasionally seen on the east side of Ruwenzori from an 

 altitude of 6500 ft. up to 8500 ft., but was distinctly rare. Parties were sometimes 

 seen flying in company with the flocks of Cinnamopterus tenuirostris, but whether this 

 is the usual custom of the species it is difficult to say. — B. B. W.] 



LaMPROCOLIUS SPLENDIDU8 (Vieill.). 



Lamprocolius splendidus Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 692 (1903). 



Lamprocolius splendidus glaucovirens Elliot; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 39 (1900) [Fort Beni]; 

 Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 693 (1903). 



a, b. 6 2 . 60 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500-3700 ft., 29th Nov. [Nos. 1016. B. C. ; 

 •JOll. G. L.] 



c,d.<3 2. Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 23rd & 24th July. [Nos. 2431. 

 G. L. ; 3516. B. B. W.] 



Adult male and female. Iris Avhite; bill and feet black. 



Both pairs of this extremely beautiful Glossy Starling are apparently in freshly 

 moulted plumage ; but the birds killed in July have the tips of the tail-feathers 

 slightly worn. 



There can be little doubt that L. glaucovirens Elliot is founded on a male example 

 of L. s])lendidus (Vieill.). Owing, no doubt, to the lack of specimens in which the 

 sex had been ascertained. Dr. Sharpe (Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. pp. 172, 173) considered 

 the sexes to represent distinct species. The specimens referred by him to L. splendidus 

 with the " throat bluish-purple and the head of the same metallic-green as the mantle " 

 are all females ; while those with the " throat reddish-purple and the head steel-blue 

 or steel-green, contrasting with the oil-green of the mantle," and named L. glauco- 

 virens, are all males. 



The measurements of the four specimens procured by the Expedition are as 



follows : — 



Wing. Tail, 



in. in. 



Males 6-1-6-2 4-6-4-85 



Females .... o-6-5*95 4.'4— 4'5 



[This handsome Glossy Starling was seen throughout the journey from Victoria 



