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t?. Elandswater, Beiigiiella . . . 20. vii. 04. Ansorge coll. 



cJ. Cassoe ,, ... 26. viii. 04. „ ,, 



? . Zand-draai „ ... 87. viii. 04. „ „ 



? . Casombo River ,, ... 20. ix. 04. „ „ 



3 c?c?. Fort Quilenges, I'.jugueiia . . 9-21. i. 05. „ „ 



? . Hetala River, Bengiiella . . .2. ii. Oo. „ „ 



c??. Cacouda „ ... 1. xii. 01. Pembertoii coll. 



In this very large series tlierc is no specimen, which has a yellow bar across 

 the verte.'i. Uuly iu three specimens a tew single yellow feathers are present. 



li'. Poicephalus meyeri saturatus Sharpe. 



This form is as dark as P. m. rcichenowi, bnt the yellow band across the 

 vertex is always present and very broad and distinct in adnlt birds. Yonng birds 

 have already yellowish frontal feathers. 



Wing : 146 — 159 ram. 



It inhabits the countries between Lakes Albert Edward and Kivu and between 

 Lakes Kivu and Victoria (Aukole, Mpororo, Rnauda, and Karagwe). 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 (J?. Lake Urigi, Karagwe . . . . 8-9. vi. 07. (irauer coll. 



2 c?cf ad., 1 (? jnv. Between Nsasa and 



Kagera River 4-6. vii. 07. „ „ 



3 cJ<^, 2 ? ? jnv. Between Kissaka and 



Ussnwi, Kagera Region . . .27. vi. — 1. vii. 07. „ „ 



17. Poicephalus riippelli (G. ii. Gr.). 



This species is distributed over 8onth-AVest Africa from South Bengiiella to the 

 Lower Orange River. 



The following specimens are in the Tring Mnsenm : 



?. Fort (jnileuges, Benguella . . . 21. i. 05. Ansorge cull. 



?. Oavallama, Mossamedes . . .6. iii. oii. „ „ 



S- Vipembe „ ... 13. iii. 06. „ „ 



6 ¥. Humbe „ ... 20. iii. 06. „ „ 



5cJcJ, 3??. Gambos, Mossamedes . 4-24. ii., 9-21. viii. »8. v.d. Kellen coll. 



1^. Poicephalus fuscicapillus (Verr. k, des Murs). 



This species is distributed over East Africa from Mombasa to the Eastern 

 Transvaal and Zululaud. The birds from the extreme south have slightly smaller 

 bills than the more northern birds, but birds from the Zambesi and Nyassa regions 

 are intermediate in this resjject. 



The following specimens are iu the Tring Museum : 

 2 ??. Tanga, German East Atrica . . ii. 93. 0. Neumann coll. 



(J. Upper Shire River . . . .3. vii. 95. Randall ,, 



S ? . Mdokas, Lake Nyassa . . .26. vii. 95. ,, „ 



6%- Barberton, Transvaal . . . .7. viii. Ol. Giti'ard „ 



