26. PYOCEPHALUS. 365 



Psittacus robustus, part., Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 19 (Damara-Land, 



Ondonga) (1871) ; Rchnw. (nee Gm.) Journ. f. Orn. 1877, pp. 14, 



30 (Loango) ; Sharpe, in Oates's Matabele-Land, App. p. 306 



(1881). 

 Poicephalus robustus, Anders, fy Gum. (nee Gm.) B. Damara-Land, 



p. 213 (1872). 

 Pyocephalus fuscicollis, Bocar/e, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. nc*. xvi. p. 285 (1873) ; 



Rchmv. Vogelbild. in the text of pi. vii. f. 6 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. 

 f. Om. 1881, p. 383 (Consp. Psitt. p. 223) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 



8th ed. p. 337 (1883) ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1891, p. 145 



(Mssua, E. Afr.). 

 ? Pionias robustus, Bbhm (nee Gm.), Journ. f. Orn. 1886, pp. 414 



(Lufuku), 421 (Lualaba) ; Matschie, Journ. f. Orn. 1887, p. 149 ; 



Schaloiu, Journ. f. Orn. 1887, p. 231 (N. von Tanganyika, Uniamuesi, 



Luapula, Likulwe). 



Adult male. Head and neck silvery grey, with the feathers brown 

 in the middle ; lower part of the cheeks and chin browner ; forehead, 

 and sometimes even the vertex, rose-red ; lores blackish ; upper breast 

 greenish grey ; interscapular region, scapulars, and wing-coverts 

 greenisb brown, each feather greener on the edges ; lower back, 

 rump, breast, abdomen, upper and under tail-coverts bright grass- 

 green ; thighs, bend of the wing, and metacarpal edge vermilion ; 

 quills and tail-feathers dark brown : "bill whitish ; feet lead-colour ; 

 iris maroon '' (Anchieta). Total lengtb about 13 incbes, wing 8 - 5, 

 tail 3-7, bill 1-7 to 1-5, tarsus 07o. 



Young. Wants the red feathers on the bend of the wing arid 

 along the metacarpal edge ; the thighs have some feathers green 

 and some red, but most likely in very young birds they are entirely 

 green. 



Hub. "Western South Africa, fron Gaboon to Angola, Damara- 

 Land, and across Africa to the Zambesi region. 



This species differs from P. robustus principally in the silvery- 

 grey tinge of the head and neck ; besides, tho upper mandible has a 

 much longer and thinner hook. 



a. Ad. st. [var.l. Zool. Society's Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. W. Africa. Zool. Society's Coll. 



c. Ad. st. W. Africa. Massena Coll. 



d. e. Imm. sk. Africa. J. Turner, Esq. [C.]. 

 /. $ imm. sk. Ilumbe, Dec. (Anchieta). Shelley Coll. 



y. cJad.sk. Ondonga, Damara-Land, Jan. Sharpe Coll. 



(Andersson) . 



h. Ad. sk. Sishongo, Damara-Land Sharpe Coll. 



(Andersso??). 



i. Ad. sk. Zambesi (Bradshaw). Shelley Cull. 



k. Ak.sk. W. & 0. G. Oales, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



