musophagid.t; schizoehis 219 



seen together, hopping and climbing about among the branches of 

 the larger trees, and playing antics with one another, depressing 

 and expanding their tails and displaying the rich crimson of their 

 wings. They have a loud and harsh voice, compared by Shelley 

 to the name often applied to them " Tourakoo," generally heard at 

 early morning and in the evening. The food consists of hard nutty 

 berries and small fruits which are swallowed whole. Hitherto 

 nothing has been recorded regarding their nesting habits. 



482. Gallirex chlorochlamys. Zambesi Purple-crested Lourie. 



Gallirex chlorochlamys, ShcJIcy, Ibi.i, 1831, p. 118; id. Cat. B. M. xix, 

 p. 447 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, p. 120 (1896) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 106. 



Description. — Similar to G. porpUyrcolophns, but having the 

 grass-green portions of the plumage uniform with no trace of the 

 pink shade. 



Distrilmtion. — From the Zambesi valley northwards through 

 east Africa to Ugogo (whence came the type obtained by Sir John 

 Kirk) and Abyssinia. Mr. Alexander secured two females of this 

 species on October 28, below Zumbo on the Zambesi, which brings 

 it definitely within our limits. 



Genus III. SCHIZORHIS. 



Ty2)e. 



Chizgerhis, Wagl. Syst. Av.^p. Ill (1827) S. africana. 



Schizorhis, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 656 S. africana. 



Head crested ; nostrils exposed, linear, at the base of a curved 

 groove situated close to the base of the mandible ; wings more 

 pointed than in the other two genera, the difference between the 

 length of the primaries and secondaries being a good deal more than 

 the length of the culmen ; plumage dull coloured, chiefly grey 

 without blue or green, and with no red pigment (turacin) on the 

 wings. 



Of four species spread over tbe Ethiopian region only the one 

 below described comes within our limits. 



483. Schizorhis concolor. Grey Lourie. 



Corythaix concolor, A. Smith, S.' Afr. Quart. Journ. (2) no. 1, p. 48 



(1833). 

 Colyphimus concolor, A. Smith, Bep. Exp. Centr. Afr. p. 54 (1836). 

 Chizffirhis concolor. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Aves, pi. 2 (1888). 

 Schizorhis concolor, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 224 (1867) ; Ayres, Ibis, 



