376 PS1TTACIDJ5. 



Adult female. Brighter than the male, having the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts bright blue, vent and under tail-coverts 

 duller blue ; in size smaller than the male. 



Young. Like the female, but with the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts of a brighter blue ; the blue wash on the vent 

 and under tail-coverts paler ; no yellow patch on the bend of the 

 wing ; the under wing-coverts of a duller yellow, the metacarpal 

 edge pale yellowish brown. 



Hob. South-western Africa from Benguela, or perhaps also from 

 Gaboon, to Damara-Land *. 



a. Ad. st. West Africa. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. st. . [River Nunez] Damara-Land Bartlett Coll. 



(Andersson). 



c. Ad. sk. [River Nunez] Damara-Land Bartlett Coll. 



(Andersson). 



d. Ad. sk. Benguela. Monteiro Coll. 

 «.[$ Jad.sk. Maconjo (Anehieta). Shelley Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Capangombe (Anehieta). Sharpe Coll. 

 g. Ad. sk. Damara-Land (Andersson). Sharpe Coll. 



h. $ ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Dainaia-Land, Tweeddale Coll. 



Oct. (Andersson). 

 i, k. d ad. et Otjimbinque, Damara-Land, Sharpe Coll. 



juv. sk. June, Oct. (Andersson). 



1. $ ad. sk. Oinarura, Damara-Land, No- Sharpe Coll. 



vember (Andersson). 

 vi. $ ad. sk. [Abyssinia.J Shelley Coll. 



n,o,p. ^ $ ad. sk. West Africa. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



Subfamily IV. PSITTACINiE. 



Cere broad, surrounding the base of the upper mandible, but 

 narrower below the nostrils ; nostrils rounded, not encircled by a 

 swelling of the cere ; periophthalmic region, and frequently also the 

 lores, naked ; bill not notched, under mandible longer than deep ; 

 wings moderately long ; tail square or rounded, sometimes shorter, 

 sometimes longer than half the length of the wing ; plumage grey 

 or black, often partly red. Sexes alike. 



Range. The Ethiopian Region, with Madagascar and its depen- 

 dencies, and also New Guinea. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Tail square, shorter than half the length of 

 the wing ; hill rather compressed and 

 lengthened; sides of the head, fur the 

 greater portion, naked and covered with 

 papillae 27. Psittacus, p. 377. 



* Dr. Sharpe assure? me that the birds mentioned by Gray as from Nunez 

 River, and received from Mr. Bartlett, no doubt were Andersson's birds from 

 Damara-Land. 



