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insects in the air, as was also L. chrysogasler. It appears, 

 however, to be also frugivorous at times. More than three 

 or four were seldom seen together. Dimensions of three 

 specimens : — 



1. Male .... 



2. „ .... 



3. Female . . . 



L. cenea has black spots on the wing-coverts, and 

 the back greenish. This bird has unspotted wing-coverts 

 and a purple beak, and the measurements are diflPerent. 

 The specimens obtained greatly exceed EuppeU's types 

 of L. purpuroptera in size, the bill, wings, and tail 

 being all much larger than the specimens in the British 

 Museum. But the coloration is identical, while that 

 of L. cenea is quite distinct. 



190. Amydrus Ruppelli, Verreaux. 



J. Verr. Chen. Enoycl. d'Hist. Nat. Ois, v. p. 166.— Hartlaub, 

 Joum. f. Om. 1859, p. 31.— Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1869, p. 12. 



Lcmvprotornis morio, Kiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 26 ; Syst. Uebers- 

 No. 252. 



Iris red ; bUl and legs black. 



This race abounded around Senaf^ and elsewhere in 

 Tigrd. I did not notice any Amydri in Lasta. As a 

 rule these birds kept to the highlands, at about from 

 7,000 to 8,000 feet, but I shot one specimen in May as 

 low as Suru, barely 2,000 feet above the sea. The io\- 

 lowing measurements are taken from four specimens 

 of each sex : — 



■ffing Tail. Bill, 



in, ill. in. 



Male .... 6'5 6-25 to 6-5 I'l to I'lS 



Female . . . 6-12 to 6-25 6'25 1" to 1-06 



