260 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on q Collection of 



PoiCEPHALUS MEYERI SATURATUS. 



Pfpocephalus saturatus Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. vol. xi. 1901, 

 p. 67 : N. Ankole. 



Of this, P. m. virescens Reichw. (Vug. Afr. ii. 1902, p. 12 ; 

 Kavi rondo), and P. m. nyansce Neura. (Nov. Zool. 1908, 

 p. 383 : Unyoro, Uganda) are synonyms. 



A dark race, below and rump on the average green. 



Range. Uganda, Britisli East Africa, and Ruwenzori. 



PoiCEPHALUS JIEYERr NEAYEI. 



Po'icephalus meyeri neavei C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. XXXV. 1914, p. 19 : Kaluli Valley, Belgian Congo. 



" Most nearly allied io P .m. saturatus Sharpe, but generally 

 darl<er throughout, on the average bluer below, and having 

 the blue rump of P. m. damarensis.^' 



Type. ? ad. Kaluli Valley, Belgian Congo. Collected on 

 the 27th of April, 1907, by S. A. Neave. Wing 155 mm. 



Named in honour of Mr. S. A. Neave. 



Range. Eastern Belgian Congo and northern Rhodesia to 

 Angoniland. 



Though these Parrots vary to a considerable amount indi- 

 vidually and no single character of a single specimen can be 

 fixed down, yet when examined collectively and the series 

 laid out geographically, average differences exist which pre- 

 clude all these Parrots being placed under one name. There- 

 fore six of the described races are recognisable, and (perhaps 

 unfortunately) I have been compelled to describe a seventh. 



131. Agapornis puUarius. North African Love-Bird. 



Psittaciis pullarius Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 102 : 

 .^Ethiopia = Nubia. 



a. S ad. Payera Dist., 3000 ft. Feb. 19. 



Total length in flesh : 61 inches. Wing : 89 mm. 



In worn and rather faded dress and in moult. 



[Irides brown ; bill : upper mandible red, lower whitish ; 

 legs and toes dirty grey. Several seen amongst the 

 bamboo.] 



Eastern and western specimens agree in size and colora- 

 tion, except that the majority of the adults from the latter 



