On Birds obtained in Bi'itish East Afi'ica. 611 



XXXIX. — List of Birds obtained in British East Africa, 

 By F. J. Jackson, C.B., F.Z.S.— Part III.* With Notes 

 by R. BowDLER Sharpe, LL.D. &c. 



(Plate XVI.) 



The present paper carries the account of my East-Africau 

 collection to the end o£ the Picarian Birds^ and I trust 

 that this and the concludiiiji: portion^ which will be published 

 shortly, will make my list of the birds of Uganda fairly 

 complete. 



Order PSITTACIFORMES. 



260. PCEOCEPHALUS MASSAICUS. 



Poeocephalus massaicus F. & B, ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XX. p. 367 (1891) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 312 ; Reichen. 

 Yog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 99 (1894) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1899, 

 p. 61 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 599 (Mt. Kenya). 



Nos. 217, 218. ^ ? ad. Mau, 8700 feet, Aug. 3, 1896. 

 Upper mandible whitish horn-coloured, lower mandible slate- 

 coloured ; feet whitish yellow ; iris red, with inner ring of 

 yellow; bare skin round eye yellow. Plentiful throughout the 

 Mau forest district. In flocks of eight to ten. Very noisy. 



No. 638. c? ad. Ravine, June 21, 1897. 



No. 905. ? ad. Ravine, March 7, 1898. 



Nos. 916, 917. ? c? ad. Ravine, March 9, 1898. 



[The adult female is like the male in plumage. The bird 

 in Mr. Jackson's collection described as the old female 

 (Cat. B. /. c.) is really a young bird. — R. B. S.] 



261. PYOCEPHALUS RUFIVENTRIS. 



Pwucephalus rufiventris (Riipp.);_ Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XX. p. 372 (1891) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 311 ; Reichen. 

 Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 95 (1894) ; Hartert, Ansorge's 

 African Sun, p. 332 (1899: Voi River; Mtoto Ndei) ; 

 Neum. J. f. 0. 1899, p. 61. 



No. 18. ? . River Tsavo, Jan. 20, 1892. 



[The female of this species bears a close resemblance to 



* See •' Ibis,' 1901, pp. 33-97. 



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