The GOLDEN-BREASTED GLOSSY STARLING (_Notauges chrysogaster_), another
species belonging to this group, is an inhabitant of North-Eastern
Africa, and is distinguishable from its congeners by the greater
thickness and inferior gloss of its plumage, as well as by its slender
beak, short tail, comparatively strong high tarsi, and long toes. This
bird is not more than eight inches long and thirteen and a half broad;
the wing measures four inches, and the tail two inches and a half. In the
old male the brow and upper part of the head are of a greyish green, the
mantle, neck, throat, and breast blackish green, intermingled with bright
brown; the rump is brilliant steel blue, the belly and thighs rust red,
but entirely devoid of lustre. The bridles are black, the eyes brown,
the beak yellow, and the feet blueish black. The young are dark brownish
green upon the back, and reddish brown below the region of the throat,
which is rather deeper in shade than the breast.