440 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZOE] EXPEDITION". 



C h. 6 ? . 70 miles W. of Entebbe, 3600 ft., 30th Nov. & 1st Dec. [Nos. 2013. 

 G. L. ; 3020. i?. 7,'. W.] 



<■-/. 6 et 6 ? imm. Mokia, S.E. Euwenzori, 3400 ft., 4th-22nd May. [Nos. 283, 

 357. J?. E. 1).; 1497,1498. I). C] 



g-i. $ et 6 imm. Mokia, S.E. Euwenzori, 3400 ft., 19th June. [Nos. 1647, 1648, 

 1649. I). C.~] 



Iris orange or red ; bill and feet black or grey. 



P. reichenowi is at best a poor subspecies of P. meyeri (Cretzsch.), the upper- 

 parts being, as a rule, somewhat darker brown than in Abyssinian specimens. 



Dr. Eeichenow admits no less than five subspecies of P. meyeri; but of these, two 

 at least, P. m. virescens Eeichenow and P. m. matschiei Neumann, are, in my opinion, 

 indistinguishable from typical examples of P. meyeri from Sennar. I think that 

 in P. transvaalensis and P. daviarensis the lower back and rump are always bluer 

 than in P. meyeri. irrespective of season (cf. remarks by Mr. Boyd Alexander, 'Ibis,' 

 1900, p. 429). 



In two quite freshly moulted males of P. reichenowi (Nos. 283 and 357), killed 

 in May, the lower back, rum]), and upper tail-coverts are bright grass-green like the 

 breast and belly. As the plumage becomes worn these parts become bluer, as is clearly 

 shown by the series before me, which includes specimens procured in June, August, 

 November, and December. 



[Reichenow's Parrot was seen throughout the journey from Entebbe to Euwenzori ; 

 it was not seen on the mountains, but was plentiful in the acacia-country at the south 

 end of the range and in the Semliki Valley. 



This Parrot was never very easy to approach, as it was always careful to fly out on 

 the opposite side of the tree, usually defeating its pursuers. Its flight is straight and 

 extremely swift. — P. B. W.~\ 



Family Buboxidj;. 

 Syrnium suahelicum Reich. 



Syrnium woodfordi var. suahelicum Reich. Yog. Afr. i. p. 6G9 (1901). 

 a. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Euwenzori, 6000 ft., 5th Jan. [No. 3073. 7?. B. IF.] 

 Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet yellow. 



[One example of this eastern form of Woodford's Owl was procured on Ruwenzori 

 at an altitude of about 7000 ft., where the bamboo and forest intermingle ; but it must 

 be a rare bird en the mountains. — B. B. ]] ".] 



Glaucidium perlatum (Vieill.). 



Glaucidium perlatum Reich. Yog. Afr. i. p. 674 (1901) ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 31a [N.W. of 

 Lake Tanganyika"). 



