402 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
The measurements of the two species are as follows : — 
L. (sneoceplialus Heugl. 
[ = X. porphyropterus Witherby 
(nee Riipp.), Ibis, 1901, p. 249.] 
Males. Females. 
L. jjorphyropterus Riipp. 
[=Z. brevicaudus Sharpe.] 
Males, Females. 
Tail. Tail. 
m. 
m. 
Fashoda 
6-1 
5-3 
?> 
6-0 
4-7 
jj 
5-8 
S. Abyssinia . . 
6-1 
Shoa (Bilpjjell). 
5-75 
[Cotype of L. 
porphyropterus 
] 
Somaliland .... 
5-9 
4-9 
Lake Baringo . . 
5-75 
Elgeyu 
5-6 
[Type oIL. brevi- 
caudus.'] 
Lado t 
5-9 
Anseba Valley, 
)) 
Ed-Duem,White 
Nile 
Tail, 
in. 
8-35 
7-9 
7-8 
8-0 
Tail, 
in. 
7-8 t 
6-87 
6-75 
[This Purple-winged Glossy Starling was very common 
on Abba Island^ and I saw it here and there further south. — 
R. M. H.] 
5. "^BUPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 
Buphaga erythrorhyncha (Stanl.) ; Grant & Reid, p. 612. 
[Only one small flock of the Red-billed Ox-pecker was 
seen_, feeding on some bufFalos near Kaka. — R. M. H.] 
6. BUCHANGA ASSIMILIS. 
Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.); Grant & Reid^ p. 613. 
Buchanya afra Witherby^ p. 250. 
a. S. Kaka^ 15th March. No. 137. 
b. S • ]Pashoda, 30th March. No. 252. 
c. d. S ioam. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 6th April. Nos.294, 
295. 
e. S' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 8th ApriL No. 307. 
/. c^. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. No. 341. 
g. ? §. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 15th April. No. 362. 
Iris crimson ; bill, legs, and feet black. 
t Sexed female. 
X Probably a male. 
§ Breeding ; nest and eggs taken. 
