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of P. erythacus will have been regarded as P. timneh. 

 Whatever may be the truth with our P. timneh, its real 

 habitat must be recognized to be Liberia and lower Sierra 

 Leone, nearly as far up as Freetown. Which of the two, 

 P. erythacus or P. timneh , will be found on the Ivory 

 Coast, is still unknown. 



The iris of all our obtained specimens was pale yellow 

 till yellowish white, the base of the maxilla pale horn- 

 color, tip and lower mandible black, feet gray, ear-co- 

 verts almost black. 



P sit taenia s win demi an a. 



Psittacus swindernianus , Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. 1820, p. 

 62 , pi. 2 (fig. mala). 



Psittacula sioindereni^ Finsch , Papag. IL p. 632; — 

 Cab. J. f. 0. 1877, pi. 5, fig. 2 (fig. bona). 



Agapornis picta, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 169. 



Agapornis sioinderniana , Hartl. Ibis 1879, p. 84. 



Hab. Liberia. 



Eight specimens were collected on the Island of AHn, 

 in the St. Paul's River, near Sof ore Place. 



After Mr. Schweitzer, who collected 10 specimens near 

 the Junk River, we have been the first to procure this 

 fine species again. Although we seized every opportunity , 

 we were but once fortunate enough to meet with a small 

 flock of these rare birds, which in three days time we 

 had almost entirely extirpated. They were found on the 

 above mentioned , thickly wooded Island , sitting in the 

 top of a very high fruit-tree , and heavy shot had to be used 

 in order to reach them. I suppose they were travelling 

 through the forest in order to seek for food, as many 

 birds do after the young generation has got strong enough 

 to keep on the wing. On account of their color, their 

 small size and the height they generally keep, they are 

 by no means easily discovered. The only cry we beared 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. VII. 



