448 psittacidjE. 



Palffiornis doeilis, Bp. Compt. Send. xliv. p. 538 (1857) ; G. R. Gr. 

 List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 19 (1859) ; Bocage, Av. Boss. Port. i. 

 p. 15 (1867) ; Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, pp. 413, 415 ; 

 Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 14 (1869) ; G. R. Gr. Hand- 

 list, ii. p. 142, n. 8050 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 19 (1871) ; 

 Bocage, Journ.f. Orn. 1876, p. 435; Rchnw. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, 

 p. 236 (Consp. Psitt. p. 124) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 59 (1883); 

 Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 321 (1883) ; Hartert, Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1886, pp. 574, 598 (Niger-Benue) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 

 (1889). 



Psittacus cubicularis, Heugl. Journ.f. Orn. 1863, pp. 162, 163; 

 Antin. Journ.f. Orn. 1866, p. 172. 



Psittacus cubicularus, Antin. Cat. p. 1 (1864). 



Pakeomis torquata, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 2, p. 738 (1871); 

 Hartl. Abh. Brem. viii, p. 212 (1882) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc., 

 Zool. xvii. p. 429 (1884; (Central Africa). ' 



Very much like P. torquata, but has shorter wings and smaller 

 bill. Wing 5-8 inches, bill 0-92. 



Hal. Tropical Africa, north of the Equator, from Abyssinia to 

 Senegambia. 



The "West-African birds have the bill a little larger than the 

 Eastern ones, which have been distinguished as P. parvirostris, Bp. 



a. S ad. sk. Anseba Valley, July. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Anseba River (Esler). Sharpe Coll. 

 d. Ad. sk. Anseba Paver (Esler). Shelley Coll. 

 c,f, (J- 6 2 ad. Bejook, July ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. 



h. Ad. sk. Niam-Niam Country. F. Bohndorff , Esq. [C.]. 



i, k. Ad. st. Senegal. J. Pulham, Esq. [P.]. 



I. Ad. sk. Senegal. J. Pulham, Esq. [P.]. 



in, n. Ad. sk. Senegal (L. Laglaize). Tweeddale Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. R. Gambia. Sharpe Coll. 



p. Ad. sk. P. Gambia. Purchased. 



q, r, s. Ad. sk. Gambia (Capt. Moloney). Shelley Coll. 



t. Ad. sk. Fantee {Aubinn). Sharpe Coll. 

 u. Skeleton. 



9. PalsBomis cyanocephala. 



Psittaca gingiuiana erythrocephalos, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 346, t. xxix 



f. 2 (1760). 

 Psittaca cyanocephalos, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 359, t. xix. f. 2 ( Q) 



(1760). K * J 



Psittacus cyanocephalus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 141, n. 10 (1766) (ex 



Brisson) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 316, n. 10 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 



p. 86, n. 14 (1790); Bechst. Lath. Uebers. p. 67 (1811); Vieill. 



Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1392 (1823). 

 Perruche a tete bleue des Indes Orientales, DAubent. PI. Enl, 192 



(?)• s 

 Perruche a tete rouge de Gingi, D'Aubent PI. Enl. 264 (J). 

 Psittacus purpureus, Mull. S. N. Suppl. p. 74, 6d (1776) ; Cass. Pr. 



Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, p. 239; Wald. in Blyth's B. of 



Burin, p. 56 (1875). 



