366 PSITTACIDJi. 



3. Pyocephalus gulielmi. 



Pionus gulielmi, Jard. Contr. to Orn. 1849, p. 64, pi. 28 (Congo). 

 Poiocephahis guilielmi, Hart I. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 194 ; Bolle, 



Journ.f. Orn. 1850, p. 170. 

 Poeocepbalus gulielmi, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 154, n. 216 ; 



Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 18o6, p. 216 ; Rehmc. Vogelbild. 



t. vii. f. 7 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 384 (Consp. Psitt. 



p. 224) ; Sclat. list Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 337 (1883). 

 Pyocephalus gulielmi, Bp. Xaumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 214. 

 Psittacus guilielmi, Hartl. Syst. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 167 (1857). 

 Psittacus gulielmi, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 70 (1859) : 



Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 262 ; Schteg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, 



p. 34 (1864) (Cote cTOr) ; S/iarjie, Cat. Afr. B. p. 19 (part.) 



Pionias gulielmi, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 480 (1868). 

 Phaeocephalus gulielmi, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 486 (Fantee). 

 Poiceplialus gulielmi (part.), G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 161, n. 8283 



(1870). 

 Psittacus gulielmi, Schleg. Dierent. p. 65 (1864) ; id. Mus. P.-B. 



Psittaci, Revue, p. 9 (1874). 

 Pionias gulielmi, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 190 (1877). 



Adult. Green ; sinciput, bend of the wing, metacarpal edge, and 

 thighs " yellowish scarlet " (Jardine) or yellow-orange ; lores black ; 

 interscapular region, scapulars, upper and under wing-coverts 

 black, broadly edged with green ; lower back, rump, upper tail- 

 covcrts, and lower parts bright green, with the bases of the feathers 

 blackish ; quills blackish, the primaries narrowly edged with olive 

 on the outer web, the secondaries more or less edged with green ; 

 tail black : " the tip of the maxilla and the whole of the mandible 

 greenish black ; the base of the maxilla, cere, and bare space round 

 the eye flesh-colour ; tarsi and feet greyish black " (Jardine) ; " iris 

 light brown" (Zool. Soc. specim.). Total length about 11 inches, 

 wing 7-4, tail 3-2, bill 1-3, tarsus 0-62. 



Adidt female. Like the male, only a little smaller. 



Young. Xo yellow-orange patches on the sinciput, on the bend 

 of the wing, nor along the metacarpal edge, which are green ; thighs 

 also green ; some of the under wing-coverts and axillaries are 

 mingled with red. 



Hab. Western Africa from the Gold Coast to the Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. [var.]. Congo. Zool. Society's Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Congo. Shelley Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Gold Coast (Aubim). Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Fantee (Ussher). Sharpe Coll. 



e. Juv. sk. Fantee {Aubim). Sharpe Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Fantee. Purchased. 



g, h. Ad. et juv. W. Africa. Massena Coll. 



sk. 

 t, k, cJ 2 ad. sk. W. Africa. Zool. Society's Coll. 



