1855.] from tlie Somali country. 301 



webs rufous to very near the tip ; whereas in the northern bird, the 

 black is continued along the outer web to near its emargination, and 

 also far up the margin of the inner web : in the second (or first 

 developed) primary of A. Euppelli, the outer web has its terminal 

 f black, and the inner web its terminal f , the two colours being 

 distinctly defined apart ; whereas the corresponding feather of A, 

 moeio is rufous throughout, passing insensibly iato weak dusky at 

 tip, and along the margin of the inner web. In A. Euppelli, the 

 length of wing is — male 7 in., female 6| in. ; middle tail-feather — ■ 

 male 8 in., female 1\ in. ; bill to gape \\ in., and fully -f in. in verti- 

 cal depth. The corresponding measurements in A. morio are — 

 6 in. and 5f in., 5| in. and 5 in., and If in. by T 5 ^ in. " This bird 

 is found all over the hills, follows the cattle, and flies in flocks 

 seldom exceeding 6 or 7. The eye is dark." 



# Lamprotoknts superb a, Eiippell. " A kind of Maina, called 

 Lhimber-load, &ljJj%d, the l Cow-bird.' It is found in large flocks, 

 and is fond of cows, whence its name. Irides white." 



*Spreo albicapillus, nobis, n. s. Length about 12 in. ; of wing 

 6^ in. ; and tail 4f in., its outermost feathers f in. shorter : bill to 

 gape 1 T \. in. ; and tarse If in. Colour dull metallic green, with a 

 white cap, vent, lower tail-coverts, tibial plumes, flanks posteriorly, 

 axillaries, and under wing-coverts : rest of the lower-parts with nar- 

 row brownish-white mesial streaks to the feathers, which are sub- 

 acuminate, and but slightly streaked on the chin and throat : second- 

 aries chiefly dull white on their exterior webs, forming a large patch 

 on the wing. Bill and feet black. As compared with the Cape 

 species, Spr. bicolor, (Grmelin ; Lamprotornis albiventris, Swainson), 

 the bill is less slender and Thrush-like, having more of the Lampro- 

 tornis form ; and the tarsi are shorter : but we do not hesitate to 

 refer it to the same genus. "Its Somali name is Hanagur, Jt\ ^^. 

 The eye, like that of the Maina, is white ; and it flies in large flocks.' ' 



*Bupha&a ERTTHRORHrNCHA, Stanley. Hurio,yj*>. lt This bird 

 clings to Camels, and injures the wounded by picking out parasites 

 and larvae. Its eye is a light and brownish red. Habitat generallv 

 the plateau above the hills." 



*Htphantornis baglefecht? (Vieillot). This bird seems to 

 agree sufficiently with Buffon's description of le Baglefecht. 



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