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The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 c? ad., c? jnv. Scheklio, Upper Gelo . . 20 iv. 01. 0. Neumann coll. 



c?. (Tyjie of snbspecic's) Slaschango, Upper 



(Jelo 20. iv. 01. „ „ 



10. Poicephalus meyeri meyeri (Cretzschm). 



P.iittaciis mei/ei-i Cretzschm., Alla.i, 1826. p. IH. PI. 11 [Koidofaa]. 

 Poicephalus meyeri eri/threae. Neum., Orii. Mniiataber. IS'jy. p. 25 [Eritrea]. 

 Poice.phnlm inryer! rirescens Rohw., Vnij. A/i: ii. 1902. p. 12 [Eritrea and Kaviiondo]. 



I had formerly separateil the birds from Eritrea from those from Kordofan 

 under the name of eri/t/treae. I still am rather in doubt whether both forms are 

 the same, but the facts (l)that liiipfieH's specimens are without e.xact locality ; 

 (2) that nearly all of them are, or had been, monnted, and therefore suffered from 

 the exposure to light : (3) that no real type of P. meijeri can be made out ; (4) that 

 no fresh material from Kordo&n is available ; in addition to the fact (5) that 1 

 cannot distinguish the birds from Eritrea from those from Niam Niam, while 

 Kordolan is just between these two countries, induces me to consider all the birds 

 from these northern regions to belong to one form only. This form is distributed 

 from North Abyssinia over Kordofan, Darfur, and Niam Niam to Bagirmi, from 

 which locality there are specimens in the Paris Museum collected by the de Behagle 

 exjiedition, and in Oapt. Boyd Alexander's collection from the Ba-Mingiie River. 

 But it must 1)0 mentioned that the sjjccies is rather localised, and, it seems, not 

 to be found between the Atbara and the Blue Nile. 



Prof lleichenow has united the birds i'rom Eritrea with those from Kavi- 

 rondo, and gives them a new name, virescens, thus creating a mere synonym of 

 P. m. erijihreae. The bill seems to be the largest of any form of P. mi'i/eri. 



Wiug : 142 — 154 mm. 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 ad. Keren, Bogos . . . • . . 1900. through Florence Museum. 

 2 <?<?,!?. Adarte, near Keren, Bogos . 7. xi.— 13. xii. 99. Scbrader coll. 

 4c?c?, 1 ?. Ghadi Saati, Mareb Eiver . 28. i.— 13. ii. 03. 



2 ad. Setit district, Eritrea .... Gentile „ 



c?¥. Mai Uassem, Setit, Eritrea . . 3. xi. 0.>. Beccari „ 



2SS. OmbangaC'Unischanga"), Niam Niam i. Bohndorff ,, 



cJ. Uem Siber „ ,, v. n >' 



11. Poicephalus meyeri nyansae subsp. n. 



Poicephalus meyeri (ncc Cretzschm.) Neum., Journ. f. Orn. 1899. p. 62. 



This form, which is distributed over Unyoro, Uganda, Ussoga, and Kaviroiido, 

 requires a new name. 



It cannot be united with the bird from Eritrea and Kordofan. Reichenow's 

 name, "viregcei/s," can, unfortunately, not be applied to this form, as by his descri()- 

 tion he made it a pure synonym to P. m. erythreae. 



The form may be described as follows : 



Lower parts loss blue than in any of the other ,-ubspecies, green, with a 

 yellowish suffusion. Rump green, less blue than in any of the other subspecies. 



Wing : 140 — loO mm. 



