380 PS1TTACID.E. 



2. Psittacus timneh. 



Seconde vari^te" du Perroquet cendr£, Levaill. Per?: pi. 102 (1805). 

 Psittacus erythacus, var. 1, Kvhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 83 (1820). 

 Psittacus ervthacus, var. y, Waff I. Mon. Psitt. p. 579 (1832). 

 Psittacus tiinneh, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 38 ; G. R. Gi: Gen. B. 



ii. p. 421, n. 6 (1846) ; Pp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 154, 



n. 209; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 104; SouancS, Rev. et Mag. 



de Zool. 1856, p. 215 ; Pp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 222; 



Hartl. Syst. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 167 (1857) ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. 



Brit. Mus. p. 69 (1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 18(51, p. 101 ; Finsch, 



Papag. ii. p. 315 (1868) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lishoa, Psittaci, p. 19 



(1809) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 160, n. 8269 (1870) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 494 ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 10 



(1874) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 345 (1877) ; Rcfoiw. Orn. Centralbl. 



1878, p. 64; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1878, p. 209, 1879, p. 213; Rchnw. 



Voyelbild. t. vii. f. 4 "(1878-83) ; Buttik, Not. Leyd. Mus vii. 



p. 212 (1885) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 78 (1890). 

 Psittacus carvcinurus, Rchnu: Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 262 [Consp. 



Psitt. p. 150) ; id. Vogelbild., Syst. T'erz. n. 274 (1883). 



Adult. Dark grey ; lower back, rump, and abdomen light grey ; 

 the feathers of the head and neck have lighter edges ; on the cheeks 

 each feather has a small whitish spot ; forehead and periophthalmic 

 region naked, covered with small whitish papillas ; upper tail-coverts 

 dark grey ; the longer under tail-coverts dark grey with some red 

 tinge ; quills blackish ; tail-feathers dull dark red, with the 

 edges darker and browner : " irides pale yellow or yellowish 

 white ; the base of the maxilla pale horn-colour, tip and lower 

 mandible black; feet grey" (Buttikofer). Total length about 

 12 inches, wing 8-7, tail 2-3, bill 1-3, tarsus 0"65. 



Hub. Liberia and lower Sierra Leone. 



The second specimen in the list is much darker than the type. 



a. Ad. sk. Zoological Society Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. $ ad. sk. Sierra Leone (?). Zoological Society Coll. 



28. C0RAC0PSIS. 



Type. 



Coracopsis, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 501 (1832) C. nigra. 



Vigorsia, Su: Class. B. ii. p. 304 (1837) C. vasa. 



Vaza, G. R. Gr. List Gen. $ Subgen. B. p. 85, n. 1443 



(1855) C. nigra. 



Yasa, Schleg. Dierent., Aves, p. 71 (1864?). 



Range. The Madagascar subregion. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Underparts nearly black. 



a . Larger : wing 12 inches vasa, p. 381. 



b'. Smaller : wing 9'3 inches nigra, p. 382. 



