368 rSITTACID-E. 



6. Pyocephalus fuscicapillus. 



Pionus fuscicapillus, Terr, et Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, 



p. 58 (Zanzibar) ; Dubois, Bull. Mus. Roy. d'H. N. de Belg. iv. 



p. 147 (1836) (Tanganyka). 



Poeocephalus gulielrni, part., Bp. Rev. et Mag, de Zool. 1854, p. 154. 



Poiocephalus cryptoxanthus, Peters, Monatsb. d. Berl. Acad. 1854, 



p. 371. 

 Pyocephalus fuscicapillus, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 215. 

 Poiocephalus hypoxanthus, Peters (errore?), Bp. I.e. in Syn. P. 



fuscicapilla. 



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



Pyocephalus fuscicapillus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 112 (Uzaramo); 



Cab., v. d. Dec-ken's Reisen, iii. p. 40 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, 



p. 711; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 587; Nichols. P. Z. S. 1878, 



p. 358; Fischer, Journ. f. Orn. 1880, p. 188; Gum. Ibis, 1881, 



p. 128 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 592 : Rchmc. Yogelbild. t. xx. f. 8 



(1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 385 {Consp. Psitt. p. 225) ; 



Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 337 (1883) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. f. 



r/es. Orn. 1884, p. 372 ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1885, p. 122 ; Rchmc. 



'Jnurn.f. Orn. 1887, p. 55 (Usegua), 1891, p. 146. 



Phifiocephalus fuscicapillus, Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 329 (Zambesi). 



Psittacus fuscicapillus, Hartl. (nee Vieill) P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 826, 



828; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 9 (1874); Sharpe, 



Lay<ir<r.< l). S. Afr. p. 197 (1875-84) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 53 ; 



Tristr. Cat. Cdl. B. p. 78 (1889). 



Pionias fuscicapillus, Fimch, Papag. ii. p. 492 (1868); Heugl. Pe- 



term. Geoyr. Mitth. 1869, p. 415: Finsch u. Hartl. Yog. O.-Afr. 



p. 499, t. vii. (1870) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 2, p. 740 (1871) ; 



id. op. cit. Nachtr. p. clvii (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 190 



(1877) ; Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1878. p. 241 ; Fisch. u. Rchnw. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1878, p. 251 \ Fischer, ibid. pp. 269, 286, 292, 1879, p. 303. 



Poicephalus cryptoxanthus, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 1(31, n. 8285 



(1870). 



Adult. Green ; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, 



abdomen, and under tail-coverts lighter and brighter green ; head 



and neck olive greyish-brown ; ear-coverts silvery grey ; quills brown, 



edged with green on the outer webs ; under wing-coverts yellow ; 



tail-feathers olive-brown, edged on the outer webs and tipped with 



o-reen : " iris yellow ; upper mandible horn-colour, under mandible 



white ; feet black " (BucMey). Total length about 9 inches, wing 



6-3, tail 2-7, bill 0*98, tarsus 0-5. 



Female. Like the male, only a little smaller. 

 Hah. Zanzibar and South-eastern Africa, from Mombas to 

 Swaziland. 



Dr. Hildebrandt (J. f. 0. 1878, p. 241) mentions a specimen with 

 yellow spots on the pileum. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Mombas. P- B- Sharpe, Esq. 



L ir .J. 



c. Vd. sk. Mombas. Rev. H. Buxton [P.]. 



d Ad. sk. Mombas ( Wakefield). Shelley Coll. 



e. Juv. sk. Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



g. k l Ad. sk. Pnntrani River {Kirk). Shelley Coll. 

 k. Ad. sk. Ugogo (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



