lAMPRocoLitrs. 425 



Lamprocolius purpureus (P. L. S. Milll.). 



Lamprocolius pui-pureus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 175 (1890) ; 



-Reich. Vog. Afi: ii. p. 691 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. r. p. 539 (1909) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 351 (1910). 

 Lamprotornis purpureus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 78 (1906). 



An egg said to be that of the Purple Glossy Starling is of a pointed 

 oval shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, spotted all 

 over with brown and lilao-grey, the markings being most numerous 

 round the larger end. It measures 1'17 by -85. 



1. West Africa. Crowley Bfiquest. 



Lamprocolius phoenicopterns {Swains.). 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Lamprocolius phoenicopterus, Sharpe, ed. Lmjard, Birds S. Afr. p. 425 

 (1875-84) ; Sharpe., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 180 (1890) ; Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 330 ■,R.B.^ J. S. S. Wmdward, Ibis, 1897, p. 405 ; 

 Stark, Faun. 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 38 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. 

 p. 685 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. S. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. 76 (1908) ; 

 Sharpe, Uand-l. v. p. 541 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 35 

 (1910). 



Lamprotornis phcenicopterus, Slielley, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [part.]. 



Eggs of the Eed-shouidered Glossy Starling are of a long oval 

 shape and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour varies from pale 

 blue to bluish-green, marked all over with rather small spots of 

 pale reddish-brown and lilac-grey. They vary m length from I'l 

 to 1-18, and in breadth from -77 to -82. 



3. Grahamstown, C. Colony, 30th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [CI. 



Nov. {B. B. J.). 

 3. Belmont, nr. Grahamstown, 4th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. {L. Palmer). 



lamprocolius bispecularis (StrtcJd.). 



Lamprocolius bispecularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 181 (1890) ; 



id., Hand-l. v. p. 541 (1909). 

 Lamprocolius phoenicopterus bispecularis, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 



i. p. 39 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 686 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. 



S. Afr. Orn. Union, ii. p. 76 (1908). 

 Lamprotornis phoenicopterus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 70 (1906) [part.]. 



Eggs of the Lesser Red-shouldered Glossy Starling resemble those 

 oi L. pho&nicopterus. They measure 1'15 by "72; I'l by '73. 



One taken by Dr. W. J. Ansorge from the oviduct of a female is 

 uniform bright bluish-green. It measures 1-05 by S. 



