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176. Psirracts FUSCICOLLIS. Brown-necked Parrot. 
Professor Barboza du Bocage gives the diagnosis of this species as 
follows: “ Olive-green; the secondaries uniform with the back; the 
primaries and tail brown, slightly bordered with olive-green; lower 
back, rump, and upper tail-coverts light yellowish-green; head, 
neck, and breast, olive grey; the forehead broadly, the cheeks 
obseurely red; bend of the wing and tibial region vermilion; iris 
chestnut; bill dull white; feet black.” Total length, 11:5 inches ; 
wing, 8:2; tail, 4:5; tarsus, 0°6. s 
Specimens which were obtained by Anchieta at Humbe on the 
Cunene river have been identified as belonging to this species by 
Professor Bocage, and he concludes that the examples obtained by 
Andersson in Ondonga and Damara Land belong to the present 
bird and not to P. robustus, to which they had been referred, and 
this we find on a re-examination of the specimens to be actually the 
case. Thus the following note of Mr. Andersson refers to P. 
fuscicollis and not to P. robustus: ‘I haye met with this Parrot in 
the country of Ovaquenyama, where it is very abundant, but very 
difficult to approach ; and in fact it is only to be obtained in the 
morning and evening, when it comes to the water during the dry 
season.” 
177. Psirracus MEYERI. Meyer’s Parrot. 
This and the two following species have yellow under wing- 
coverts. None of them occur within the limits of the Cape 
Colony, but to the northward they are not rare, and are much prized 
as cage-birds. Mr. Ayres says that they occur near the Limpopo, 
and throughout the bush-veldt of the Transvaal. Mr. Ortlepp also 
found them plentiful on the above-named river. Dr. Exton found 
them frequent in the Matabili country,-generally keeping to high 
thorn bushes, and Mr. T. E. Buckley writes as follows: “This was 
the only Parrot seen during the journey. It is common from the 
north-west of the Transvaal to the Matabili country. These birds 
are seen either in pairs or small parties, and are not shy. Their cry 
is a yery shrill note, repeated several times, and generally uttered 
_ when flying ; their flight is extremely rapid, during which time the 
blue on the rump is very conspicuous.” Mr. F. A. Barratt says: 
“T shot one in the bush near Rustenberg, and saw a few more; I 
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