27. P8ITTAOD8. 379 



Psittacua Guineenaia alia minis, Brits. Orn. iv. p. 312 (1760). 

 Psittacus Guineensia rubra varius, liriss. Orn. iv. p. 313 (1700). 

 Ash-coloured Parrot, vat. A et 1>, Lath. Sun. i. p. 262 (1781); id. 



Gen. Hist. ii. p. 209 (1822). 

 Psittacus erithacua, wax. t J. y. Gm. S. X. i. p. 332 (1788); Lath. Lid. 



Orn. i. p. 110 (1790); Wagl. Man. Psitt. p. 579, var. a (1832). 

 King-Parrot, Monteiro, Angola \ Congo, i. p. ~>4 (1875). 

 Psittacua rubro varius, Jiochebr. Art. Soc. Linn. lion/. \ i ii. pp. 1<>7, 



168 (1884) ; id. I'm,,,. Srneo., Ok. p. 84, pi. 10 (1884) ; Ibis, 1885, 



p. 322; Shelley, I'. Z. S. 1886, p. 44. 



Var. 2. 



P Maracana braailiensibus, Marcgr. Hist. Bras. libr. ix. p. 207. 

 Psittacus brasiliensia cinereus, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 313 (1760) (ex 

 Marograv). 



Cinereous Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 263 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 210 (181'-'). 

 Psittacua cinereus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 333, n. 97 (1788) ; Lath. Intl. 



Orn. i. p. 110, n. 84 (1790) ; Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 90 (1812). 



Ailnh. Ash-coloured, rump and abdomen much lighter; the 

 feathers of the head and neck with whitish edges, those of the 

 abdomen with darker edges; primaries blackish, with a grey tinge 

 towards the base ; upper and under tail-coverts and tail red ; fore- 

 head, lores, and sides of the head devoid of feathers, but covered with 

 whitish small papillae : bill black ; feet grey ; irides pale yellow. 

 Total length about 13 inches, wing 9-1, tail 3-3, bill 1*5 to 1*3, 

 tarsus - 7. 



Young. Differs in having the tail dark red towards the tip, and 

 the under tail-coverts dark red tinged with greyish. 



//«/-. Equatorial Africa from Senegambia, Guinea, Congo region, 

 and Prince Island in the Gulf of Guinea, across Africa to the east 

 of Lake Xyanza. 



Some specimens are much darker than the ordinary ones, re- 

 sembling in that respect P. timneh ; they probably belong to a 

 distinct race Other specimens have a great many u-d feathers 

 irregularly distributed all over the body, and it has been stated that 

 bhey belong to a distinct race, only found in the Interior. 



a. A.l. st. Purchased. 



6. Ad. St. Africa. Sir A. Pauizzi [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. W. Africa. Purchased. 



d. Ad.sk. W. Africa. Sharpe CoU. 



e. Ad. sk. Fantee. Sharpe Coll. 



f. Ad.sk. (Dark var.) Purchased. 



'</. Ad.st. (Red var.) Africa. Mrs. Wallis HP.]. 



A. $ ad. sk. (Red Land der Mabode, Equa- Emin Pasha [P.j. 



var.) torial Africa, June. 

 i. Skeleton. 



