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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 459 in the mountains of Ankober in Shoa. In East Africa it is replaced by C. cdbicollis (cf. Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 166). Fam. STURNIDJE. . 2. DlLOPHUS CARUNCULATUS. Dilophus caruncidatus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 529 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 197 (1884), vi. p. 297 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 61 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 243; Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 560 (1894); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 171 (1894). a. 2 • Hargeisa, July 16, 1894. Iris brown ; bare skin lemon-yellow. Heuglin was not certain whether this Starling is sedentary in N.E. Africa or not. It was rare, and found during the rainy season in Abyssinia, on the Blue and White Niles, and in Kordofan. In Shoa, howrever, Antinori found it in flocks throughout the year in the valley of Daimbi, breeding in May. Ragazzi records it from the Falls of Gherba. Mr. Jackson met with the species in Kitosh, and says that it was very common all round Naivasha and north to Kisidong in large flocks. It is also distributed widely in German East Africa, Dr. Reichenow giving the following localities for the species :-Igonda, Ugalla, Irangi, Wembaere Steppes, Simiu River, Ampeke, Ikuni Island. Family EULABETID^E. 3. LAMPROTORNIS PORPHYROPTERUS. Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pp. 64, 75, Taf. xxv. (1845); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 198(1884). Lamprotornis porphyroptera (Cab.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 511; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 156 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 240; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 173 (1894). a. 3. Sheik Husein, Oct. 1, 1894. Iris cream-colour. • According to Heuglin a tolerably common bird in the mountains of Northern Abyssinia up to 6000 feet and the western " Quola " district, in Senar, Kordofan, Takah, and along the White Nile and its tributaries. It is sedentary, breeding in July and August. In Shoa, Antinori says it is plentiful in the " Kolla " districts, but was rare near Daimbi. Mr. Jackson found the species plentiful in small flocks in Turquel; and, according to Dr. Reichenow, it is found on the Pangani and Ugalla Rivers, and his other localities are Bukome Itale, Kageyi, and the Simiu River, while it has likewise been found at Witu, Lamo, and in Wapokomoland, and at Nassa on the Victoria Nyanza. 4. COSMOPSARUS REGIUS. Cosmopsarus regius, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 411; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 160 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 241 Salvad. |
