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the P. meyeri group of Parrots, but is at ouce distinguished 

 by the grey, not yellow, under wing-coverts, by the lighter 

 grey of the head and throat, and by the black lores and 

 space round the eyes, these parts being naked. — R. B. S.] 



262. PYOCEPHALUS MEYERI. 



Pceocephalus meyeri (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XX. p. 373 (1891) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 312 (Turquel) ; 

 Neumann, J. f. O. 1899, p. 62 (Qua Mtessa, N. Uganda; 

 Kwa Kitoto, Kavirondo). 



No. 244. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 13, 1896. 

 Bill and feet dull slate-coloured ; iris crimson. Fairly 

 plentiful. 



Nos. 257, 258. S imm. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 14, 

 1896. Iris dull yellow. 



[The Elgeyu birds seem to me to be identical with 

 specimens previously procured by Mr. Jackson in the 

 Turquel district : they cannot be separated from examples 

 of the true P. meyeri, and the distribution assigned to the 

 species by Mr. Oscar Neumann receives confirmation. The 

 rump is green with a distinct cast of blue, and the under 

 surface inclines to dark emerald-green. The young birds are 

 paler than the adults, being lighter greyish brown, with 

 a decidedly paler under surface. — R. B. S.] 



263. PSITTACUS ERYTHACUS. 



Psittacus erythacus L. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. 

 p. 377 (1891) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 21 (Bukoba; Sesse 

 Isl.) ; id. VGg. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 99 (1894) ; Neum. J. f. O. 

 1899, p. 60 (Usoga). 



a, h. S ad. Entebbe, Dec. 27, 28, 1894. Bill horn- 

 black ; feet slate-coloured ; iris dark grey ; bare skin of face 

 white. 



[There is considerable difference here in the tone of the grey 

 plumage, one bird being decidedly darker than the other ; but 

 there is no sign of any admixture of red plumes, such as is 

 seen in Equatorial examples. — R. B. S.] 



264. Agapornis pullaria. 



Agapornis pullaria (L.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. 



