72 IMi'. A. Eobeits <vt Blrd^ in 



PoiCEPHALUS FusciCAPiLLUs (VciT. Dcsm.). R. 5G8, 

 (1 M., 1 F.) Resident. 



I. greenish yellow ; B. above dark brown, below black ; 

 L. black, m/: Leno-. 213 ; W. 150; Tl. Gl ; C. 20. F. : 

 Leng. 201; W. lU; T\. GO ; C. 19. 



The Grej-liead-ed Parrot was very. plentiful and usually 

 found in large flocks until the breeding-season — July — when 

 nests were started. It is very partial to berries of manioc 

 cultivated by natives, and is often to be seen quite close to 

 the huts in villages. Nests were examined up to the end of 

 September, but eggs had not yet been laid. 



Gallirex chlohochlamys, Shelley. R. 5'JO. (1 M., 

 3 F.) Resident. 



I. dark brown ; B. & L. black ; bare skin of face crimson- 

 scarlet, exce])t a semilunar white mark below the eye. 

 M. : Leng. 437 ; W. 183 ; Tl. 192 ; Ts. 4G ; C. 2G. F. : Leng. 

 440-446 ; AV. 170-182 ; Tl. 193-203 ; Ts. 44; C. 25-2G. 



The Zambesi Purple-crested Lourie was fairly plentiful in 

 the marsh region, frequenting tall trees in the forest. 



TuRACUS LiVTNGSTOXEi, G. R. Gray. R. GOG. (1 M., 

 2 F.) Resident. 



I. light brown ; B. dark red, tip paler ; T;. black. Leng. 

 (1) 417 ; W. 190-210 ; Tl. 220-225 ; ^Is. 42-47 ; C. 22-25. 



This species was not so common as the foregoing, and 

 was first observed at Ngamwe in large trees on the river 

 bank, and subsequently at Namagoa in large trees in more 

 or less open forest. Its alarm chuckle is indistinguishable 

 from that of C. conjthaLv. 



CucULUs soLiTAiiius, Stcph. R. G3(). (1 F.) Sept.- 

 Nov. 



L dark brown, eyelids yellow; B. dark brown, base of 

 lower mandible yellow; L. and gape yellow. Jjcng. 304; 

 AY. 174 ; Tl. 155 ; Ts. 21; C. 22. 



The Red-chested Cuckoo was v(M-y comuion from <he 

 ])eginning of October onwards, but Aei"v sli\-. 



