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22. Agapornis swindernianus swindernianus (Kniil). 



This species is restricted to Liberia. 



The followiog specimens are in the Tring Museum : 



Adult. Liberia Ls77. .Schwei/.er coil. 



3 t?c?. Schieffelinsville, . J luik River, Liberia lU-18. v. 87. Jiuttilioler arid 



Slampfli coll. 



So. Agapornis swiudernianus zenkeri lu-hw. 



This t'orin rejilaces the former cue in South Kamenin, while I'arther east ou 

 the Ituri River it is replaced by the^ darker and larger-billed form ^1. *-. emiid 

 Ncum. 



There is only one specimen of .1. .•>■. zenkeri in the Tring Blusenm. 

 ?. Efulen, S. Kamerun .... 10. vi. D.i. Bates coll. 



24. Agapornis taranta (Staul.). 



This black-winged Dwarf-Parrot inhabits the whole of the Abyssinian and 

 South-Ethioj)ian mountains from the Mareb south to Djamdjan and Doko, south- 

 west to Gimirra in the west of Kaffii, south-east to Harar. 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 i. Ali Beret, N. Eritrea .... 20. i. UU. Schrader coll. 



v. Setit District, N. Eritrea . . . l'.)04. Gentile „ 



2iS. Abuje, Gindeberat, Shoa . . . 2-3. x. UO. 0. Neumann coll. 



2 66. Koliu, Shoa 6. x. 00. „ „ 



?. Between Hawash and Lake Zuai . . 19. xi. 00. „ „ 



S ? Abera, Djamdjam . . . .20. xii. 00. „ „ 



?. Bola Goschana, Doko . . . .12. ii. 01. „ „ 



2 ??, Bndda, Gimirra . . ■ . . 14-l(i. iv. iil. „ „ 



2 cJc?, 1 ?. Klnpi, Harar Mountains . . S-l). xii, Ul. Zaphiro „ 



cJ?. Klumbi, Harar Mountains . . .0. xii. Ol. „ ,, 



?. Harar !7. ii. 02. ,. „ 



Reichenow, Vogel Afrilta)i,\\. p. 21, states that in the female the red ou the 

 forehead is paler and more yellow, which is wrong, as the liead of the female is 

 entirely green without any red. 



2o. Agapornis puUaria puUaria (L._). 



PsiUanis imUarhm L., 8. A', x. 1758. p. WZ ["Asia,' " Aethiopia." errore— we substitute : Upper 



Guinea, (Juld Ooast, as typical locality]. 

 Puillacus guiiieensis St. Mull., Linn. X. S. tSupjil. 177(). p. HI [GuiueaJ. 

 Psittumla rubricolli^ Bourj., Pen: 1838. PI. DO [ " Africa " and "India ! "] 

 Ayiipiji-nu xaiitlifjps Heii^'l., Juuni.f. Orn. 18G3. p. 271 [Wau, Bongo]. 



The (J of the typical I'orm of A. /mlbtria has a dark- blue rump. 



This form is distributed over West Africa eastwards to the Up2Jer Bahr el 

 Ghazal, antl the Ubaiigi and Uelle Rivei>. 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 

 S. No exact locality (Gold Coast ?) . . Hogg coll. 



d. I'edroma, S. Thome .... ix. 'JO. Moc(jnerys coll. 



