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7. Lamprocolius chalybeus. 
Lamprocolius chalybeus Ehr.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 176 (1890); icl. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 450; Hawker, 
Ibis, 1899, p. 59. 
a . g . Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 344.) 
Iris bright yellow ; bill and legs black. 
[Observed throughout Abyssinia, except on the highest 
plateaux of 9000 feet or more.—L.] 
8. Buchanga assimilis. 
Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
iii. p. 247 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 460; Lort Phillips, 
Ibis, 1898, p. 396; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 60. 
a. £. Hargeisa, Somaliland, 14 December, 1898. (No. 
13.) 
b. $. Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 
343.) 
c. . Ticka Tcheeka, Abyssinia, 22 February, 1899. 
(No. 366.) 
Irides red; bill and legs black. 
9. Oriolus auratus. 
Oriolus auratus Vieill.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 
p. 195 (1877). 
a . $ . Blue Nile, 15 May, 1899. (No. 521.) 
Irides red ; bill brown; legs dark. 
[This bird was only observed in the valley of the Blue Nile, 
always in pairs and very difficult to approach.—L.] 
10. Oriolus meneliki. (Plate II.) 
Oriolus meneliki Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B. O. C. 
vol. X. p. xix (1899). 
a. Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 126.) 
Type of the species .] 
This fine species closely resembles O. monachus Gmel., but 
may be at once distinguished by the colour of the bill, which 
is uniform deep black. The greater secondary wing-coverts 
and some of the lesser wing-coverts are, moreover, clearly 
edged with golden yellow, whereas in O. monachus they are 
always uniform, and the subterminal markings on the third 
