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observed in the lower valleys, and was never seen above 
8000 ft. On the Addis Abbeba plateau it is common, its 
ordinary food being carrion, but it will eat the fruit of the 
wild fig with avidity. It has a harsh guttural note.—L.] 
3. Dilophus carunculatus. 
Dilophus carunculatus (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 61 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 459. 
a. $ . Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 
342.) 
Iris, bill, and legs dark brown. 
[Usually seen in company with Lamprocolius chalybeus. 
Although constantly met with between the 20th of December 
and the end of March, I never observed any birds with the 
wattles developed.— L.] 
4. Pholidauges leucogaster. 
Pholidauqes leucoqaster (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 121 (1890). 
a. S'. Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 411.) 
Iris pale yellow; bill and legs black. 
[Met with only in the valley of the Blue Nile and its 
tributaries. I once observed this Starling hawking for flies 
like a Bee-eater.—L.] 
5. Lamprotornis porphyropterus. 
Lamprutornis porphyropterus Rupp.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 156 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 459. 
a. $ . Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 28.) 
Iris pale yellow; bill and legs black. 
6. Amydrus morio. 
Amydrus morio (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 
p. 161 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 460. 
a. $ . Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 
104.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[Though plentiful locally, this Starling has not a wide 
distribution. It was observed in flocks on the steep rocky 
slopes. At Ahaia Fej it was seen in company with the white- 
bellied species, Pholidauges leucogaster .—L.] 
