418 Mr. C. F. M. Svrynnerton on the 



210. PffiocEPHALUs FUscicAPiLLus. Brown-headed Parrot. 

 Rh., P. Two of these Parrots flew over my homestead 



near Chirinda on August 29th. It is the common species 

 of the low veld, and I came across it constantly in travelling 

 from Inyajena to Chibabava and on to Chironda, as well as 

 in the Madanda forests during December and January. It 

 might usually be heard all day in the dense foliage of the 

 large Trichilias and other trees in parties of as many as six 

 or seven together. Under these circumstances a continuous 

 conversation of comparatively pleasant conversational notes 

 is kept up, the shriek uttered in flying being somewhat 

 harsher, though less piercing, than that of our other two 

 species. It is far tamer than either of these and will usually 

 permit anyone to pass under the tree without moving, 

 though even then its green coloration renders it very 

 difficult to detect amongst the dense foliage. A female 

 obtained near Chibabava in December measured 9*5 inches 

 in the flesh ; the upper mandible was blackish with a some- 

 what paler base, the lower dull white. The feet, cere, and 

 the bare skin round the eye were very dark grey and the 

 irides yellow. The stomach contained seeds and the remains 

 of fruit. 



211. PYOCEPHALUS MEYERi. Mcycr's Parrot. 



Rh., P. I noticed this Parrot several times in the 

 Inyamadzi Valley on September 8th, 1906, and again at 

 the end of November in the Zinyumbo Hills and on the 

 Mwangezi River. 



212. Strix flammea. Barn-Owl. 



Rh. Odendaal noted one of these Owls on April 3rd, 

 1907, in a grove of Eucalyptus saligna close to my home- 

 stead. Owls are among the few birds which are never eaten 

 by the natives. 



213. Strix capensis. Grass-Owl. 



Rh. Odendaal obtained an immature female of this Owl 

 near Chirinda on June 14th, measuring 13*85 inches. The 

 bill was " whitish with brown patches from base to tip, the 



