AFES. 397 



coast region. I obtaiued birds in tbc young plumage 

 figured by Elippell in July. 



This bird has very much the flight and habits of the 

 common Starling. 



i88. L. chrysogaster (Gm.). 



Turdus chrysogaster, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. pt. iL p. 835. 

 La/mprotomis rufiventris, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 27, t. xi. f. 1 ; 



Syst. Uebers. No. 247. 

 Notauges chrysogaster, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 198. — Hartlaub, 



Joum. f. Om. 1859, p. 26. — Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1869, p. 9. 



Iris yellowish white ; legs and bUl black. 



This species was never observed on the highlands or to 

 the south of Massowa, but it was common about Adat, 

 Ain, &c. at the base of the hdls, and in the Lebka 

 and Anseba valleys, usually occurring in small companies 

 or flocks, and feeding on the ground on insects, not 

 unfrequently in company with L. chalyhceus, which it 

 greatly resembles both in flight and habits. Measure- 

 ments : — 



Wing. TaiL Bill, Tarsus, 



in. in» in. in. 



Male from Aikt 4-5 2-85 075 1-25 



Female, Anseba vaUey . . . 4-4 2-9 0-65 1-25 



189. Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Eilpp. 



Syst. Uebers. No. 251, p. 64, t. xxv.— Hartlaub, Journ. f. Om. 1859, 



p. 11.— Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1860, p. 2. 

 L. mneus, Brehm, Habesch, No. 82. 



Iris yeUow white ; legs and bdl black. 



Only seen in the Anseba valley, where it was abundant, 

 and often observed associating with LamprocoUus chaly- 

 hceus and L. chrysogaster, especially about villages and 

 cattle enclosures. It was occasionally seen hawking 



