— rqq — 



2, — CORYTHORNIS CRISTA r A THOMKNSIS. 



Corythornis tliotnensis Saia'adori, Ibis, 1902, p. 568. — Type 

 localitv : St. Thomas' Island. 



Range. — St. Thomas' Island, Gulf ot Guinea. 



Distinguis/iiiig characters. — Under-parts deeper chestnut; 

 vounsî are remarkable for having under-parts deep sootv brown; 

 I am not certain that this is not sufficient reason to constilute a 

 distinct species. 



3. — Corythornis cristata nais. 



Corythornis cristata nais Harti.., Svst. Orn, West Afr., 1857, 

 p. 37 : Gaboon. 



Range. — Princes Island; has occured al Loanda and was des- 

 cribed from Gaboon! 



Distinguishing characters. — Blue of the back deeper, more 

 purplish; crest feathers barred with blue notgreen. 



Famii.y PSITTACIDAE. 



Psittacus erithacus erithacus. 



PsittacHS erithacus Linn., Syst. Nat., loth Ed., 1758, p. 99. — 

 Type localitv : Guinea. 



This Grev Parrot is included from Southern Nigeria on the 

 authoritv of Neumann who includes the bird in his List of Mann's 

 collection from Lagos and neighbourhood, the spécimens of which 

 are now in the Stuttgart Muséum. 



Professor Neumann wites me that « the Lagos bird appears 

 much darker than South Cameroon spécimens but this seems to be 

 merelv accidentai, cf. Nov. Zool., 1908, p. 379, where I hâve 

 found no diflerence between S, Nigérian and Ogowe (Gaboon) 

 birds. » 



