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Long. tot. Al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
c. 14! a a ltt gall! 20" . 2. 
— 6 4 7 O 74 16 d 
e. 10 5 4 6 0 83 16 2 
— 5 3 5 5 7 16 °.— 0. F. 
[Iris yellowish white. 
I did not meet with this species but on the Anseba river.—W. J.] 
114. Lamproco.ius cHALYBEUS (Hempr. & Ehrb.). 
Lamprotornis chalybeus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 75. no. 248; Heugl. Syst. Uebers.. no. 352; id. 
Fauna des Roth. Meer. no. 146; Brehm, Habesch, p. 216. no. 83; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, 
p. 2l. 
abyssinicus, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 21. 
a. 6. Senafé. April 14 (no. 168). 
6. 3. Senafé. April 12 (no. 147). 
c. dg. Maragaz. July 29. 
The female is not so brilliantly coloured, more of a dull bronze-green, and has the 
blue shine on the vent and rump less distinct; the blue ear-spot is scarcely visible, the 
black end-spots of the tectrices are wanting. ‘The males are larger, and vary also in the 
extension of the steel-blue spot on the ears. On such specimens Dr. Hartlaub founded 
his LZ. abyssinicus, which does not merit specific distinction. 
Long. al. Caud. Culn. Tars. 
5! gm_pi gt 383i qii_gn 6! 7aMl_git 1p! 3. 
5 1 3 1 7 15 Qs 
56 5-5 6 38 6-3 7 8 15 3. L. abyssinicus, Hartl. Mus. Brem. 
5 2-5 4 3 4 7 -8 14 -15"3. L. chalybeus. Mus. Brem. 
4 8 —-4 10 2 10 -3 8 14 9. L. chalybeus. Mus. Brem—0O. F. 
[Iris orange; beak black; legs and feet black. 
In April these birds were in pairs, later (from May to August) they were in flocks. 
I did not meet with this species, except in the passes and on the highlands, at any time. 
—W. J.) 
115. AMYDRUS RUEPPELLII, Verr. 
Lamprotornis morio, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 71. no. 252; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 357. 
Amydrus riippellii, Verr., Hartl. Monogr. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 31; Finsch & Hartl. Végel Ostafr. 
p. 382. no. 191. 
a. 2. Rayrayguddy (no. 463). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
6! 6! 1Q" 16" 
A, blythii, Hartl. (J. f. Orn. 1859, p. 32), seems not to be different.—0O. F. 
[I only obtained one specimen, but saw plenty. Not seen out of the passes, and 
most common about the rocks on Senafé plateau.— W. J.| 
