514 PSITTACID.E. 



7. Agapornis swindereniana. 



Psittacus swindernianus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 62 (1820) ; Voiyt, 



Cuv. Uebers. p. 746 (1831). 

 Psittacus swinderianus, Kuhl, op. cit. t. ii. (1820). 

 Psittacula swinderniana, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 143 (1826) ; 



G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 89 (Western Afr.) (1859) ; 



Biittik. Not. Leyd. Mas. vii. p. 214 (1885), viii. p. 263 (1886), x. 



p. 94 (1886), xi. p. 135 (1889). 

 Psittacula swindereniana, Wayl. Mon. Psitt. p. 621 (1832) ; G. R. 



Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 423, n. 8 (1846). 

 Psittacula swinderiana, Lear, Parrots, pi. 42 (1832) ; Bourjot, Pen: 



pi. 98 (1837-38) ; Schleg. Dierent. p. 66 (1864) ; Layard, B. of 



South Afr. p. 231 (1867). 

 Agapornis swinderianus, Selby. Nat. Libr., Parrots, p. 118, pi. 11 (and 



titlepage) (1836). 

 Poicepkalus swinderianus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 301 (1837). 

 Psittaculus swinderianus, Brehm, Mon. d. Papay. t. 36 (1853). 

 Agapornis swinderiana, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 154, 



n. 224 ; id. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 22Q ; Hartl. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1861, p. 262. 

 Psittacula swindereni, Finsch, Papay. ii. p. 632 (1868) ; Cab. u. 



Rchnw. Om. Centralbl. 1876, p. 26 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 330 



(1877) ; Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1877, t. 5. f. 2; Cab. u. Rchnw. Orn. 



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

 Voyelbild. t. xx. f. 4 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 258 



(Consj). Psitt. p. 146). 

 Agapornis swinderniana, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 167, u. 8309 

 (1870) ; Hartl. Ibis, 1879, p. 84 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 (1889). 

 Agapornis swindereniana, Sundev. Meth. nut. An. disp. Tent. p. 69 



(1872). 

 Agapornis swindernaina (errore), Hartl. R>is, 1879, p. 84. 



Adult male. Green, underneath paler ; neck olive-brown : a black 

 collar round the nape ; lower back, uropygium, and upper tail- 

 coverts deep blue ; quills dusky black, green on the outer web ; the 

 primaries edged with brighter green on the outer web ; primary- 

 coverts black ; under wing-coverts green ; central tail-feathers 

 green, sometimes with a red-orange spot in the middle, the remain- 

 ing tail-feathers red towards the base, green at the tip, and with a 

 subtcrminal black band ; tip of the tail underneath verditer-blue : 

 " iris yellow, upper mandible black, under mandible bluish horn- 

 grey ; feet grey " (Biittikofer). Total length 5'2 inches, wing 3 - 5, 

 tail 1-33, bill 0-55, tarsus 0-42. 



Female. Like the male. 



Young. " The full-grown young male differs from the adult ones 

 by the want of the black collar across the neck, which is only in- 

 dicated by some black feathers on each side, and by a somewhat 

 duller green colour " {Buttikofer). 



Hub. Liberia, West Africa. 



a. 2 a d. sk. Tunk River, Liberia, Jan. Shelley Coll. 



(Dr. Biittikofer). 



b. S ad. sk. Tunk River, Liberia, March. Dr. Buttikofer [P.]. 

 v. Ad. sk. W. Africa. Shelley Coll. 



