. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . ovely Starling, une of which he presented to the LondonZoological {Society in 1906. Western Splkndid Glossy iStarling {Lamprocoliiischrysonotis).Above, metallic f;olden-green ; scapulars and middle ofback steel-blue, the former with a subterminal blackspot; median and greater wing-coverts tipped withblue, and with a subterminal black transverse spot;secondaries similar in colouring, but with a broad beltof black; primaries steel-blue, greenish externally;tail black, purplish towards base, the tip broadly steel-green, washed with blue ; lores velvet black ;
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . ovely Starling, une of which he presented to the LondonZoological {Society in 1906. Western Splkndid Glossy iStarling {Lamprocoliiischrysonotis).Above, metallic f;olden-green ; scapulars and middle ofback steel-blue, the former with a subterminal blackspot; median and greater wing-coverts tipped withblue, and with a subterminal black transverse spot;secondaries similar in colouring, but with a broad beltof black; primaries steel-blue, greenish externally;tail black, purplish towards base, the tip broadly steel-green, washed with blue ; lores velvet black ; sides offace metallic st^eel-blue ; a triangular spot of coppeiybronze behind the ear-coverts on sides of neck; throatviolaceous steel-blue; breast reddish-purple, slightlycoppery; abdomen and flanks purplish-blue, changingto steel-green on lower flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts : under wing-coverts and axillaries puiT)lishblue ; flights below black: bill and feet black; iridespale yellow. Female smaller, with no, or hardly GLOSSY STARLING. (Head of male.) coppery-reddish on the breast; the triangular spot be-hmd the ear-coverts violet, with scarcely any copperytint. Hab., Senegambia to Fernando Po. Captain Shelley places this and the other species ofLamprornlius witli the long-tailed undexKamprnfiiniis; he refers the name s/jlcndidus(applied by Dr. Sharpe to this species) to its Easternrepresentative. According to Fraser ( Proceedings of the ZoologicalSociety, 1843, p. 52), this species is very shy, cawssomewhat like a Crow; makes a burring noise likea parrot when oegiiuiing to fly; lives in the loftiesttrees. The gizzard contained small seeds and redberries. Without doubt, like its Eastern representative (towhich it is very closely related), it nests in holes intrees at from twenty to thirty feet from the ground,using dry grass for the purpose. The eggs of appear to have been described. Rnss says in 1863 a living speci
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