( 384 ) 



Type iu the Triug Museum : d, Uuj'oro ; Graner coll. 



Besides the type, there is one more male and one female in the Tring Mnsenm, 

 all collected in Unvoro bv R. Grauer. 



1-. Poicephalus meyeri matschiei Xenm. 



This form, which is (listiiifruislicd liy its splendid blue rnm]!, in adult specimens, 

 inhabits East Africa from Mombasa to the Zambesi, and seems to rnn gradually 

 into the larger P.m.transvaah'nsis towards the sonth 



Tlie following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 S- Nai, Ugogo ...... "2. viii. 0:5. 0. Neumann coll. 



Semi-ad. Tisso, Ugogo tiO. viii. 03. „ „ 



13. Poicephalus meyeri transvaalensis Xenm. 



This form seems to be distinguished from true /'. m. meijeri especially by the 

 larger wings, measuring from 148 to 162 mm. It is distributed over the eastern 

 parts of Sonth Africa. 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 cJ ad. ? juv. Limpopo River . . . 25. vi. — 27. vii. 8G. Eriksson coll. 

 ?. Maklcapan's Kraal, Transvaal . . VI. xi. 77. Guillemard ,, 



S. Unsteubnrg, ,, . . ii. 03. W. Ayres „ 



14. Poicephalus meyeri damarensis Xeum. 



Tliis large-winged form is distributed over the central and northern parts of 

 German South- West Africa and Mossamedes. In Mossamedes and South Benguella 

 it seems to run gradually into the dark P. m. reichenowi. 



Wing : 155 — 105 mm. 



The following s])ecimens are in the Tring Museum : 



2 juv. Ehanda, German South- West Africa . 14. ix. 87. Eriksson coll. 



cf. Cunene Tiiver 21. x. 87. ,, „ 



cJ. Huilla, Mossamedes .... 2ii. ii. 00. Ansorge „ 



None of the four specimens has a yellow band across the vertex. 



15. Poicephalus meyeri reichenowi Nenm. 



This very dark form is distributed from North Angola to Benguella, Imt 

 specimens from the southern limit of its distribution seem to be lighter and form a 

 transition to P. in. damarensi.s. 



The wing measures 152 — 107 mm. ■ 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 



?. Duque de Braganca, Angola . . .3. viii. i»3. Ansorge coll. 

 <? ? . Guiballu, near Duque de Bragauca, 



Angola 13. viii. 03. „ „ 



S. Marimba, Jinga Country, Angola . . 28. ix. (I3. ,, „ 



3 J J. Pedreira, Bihe, Angola . . . 13-14. ix. 04. „ „ 

 J?. (Jhissamba ,, „ . . . 21. ix. (i4. „ ,, 

 ?. Cubrango ,, ,, . . . 13. xii. ii4. „ „ 

 cJ. Blasbalk Fountain, Benguella . . 21. vii. i)4. „ „ 



