from the Niger Region. 559 



November : iris brownish orange, upper mandible dark 

 horn-colour, lower one dirty flesh- colour; feet black. 



9.2. POGONORHYNCHUS VIEILLOTI. 



Pogonias vieilloti, Leach, Zool. Misc. 1815, pi. 97 ; Hartl. 

 Orn. W.Afr. 1857, p. 170. 



Pogonorhynclms vieilloti, MarshalFs Monogr. Cap. 1871, 

 p. 21, pi. 11. 



a. ^ , Shonga : iris chestnut, yellower round pupil ; bill 

 and legs black. 



93. PSITTACUS SENEGALENSIS. 



Psittacus senegalensis, Linn. S. N. i. 1776, p. 149. 



Psittacus senegalus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 168. 



a. J breeding, Shonga : iris bright yellow, with a slight 

 green circumpupillar ring ; bill and feet greyish black ; orbits 

 and cere black, b. J", Shonga: iris yellow, with greenish 

 ring round pupil, c, Shonga. 



94. PsiTTACULA PULLARIA. 



Psittacus pullarius, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 149. 

 Agapornis pullaria, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 168. 

 a. (J, Shonga. 



95. SCOTOPELIA PELI. 



Scotopelia peli, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. 1850, p. 44 ; Hartl. 

 Orn. W.Afr. p. 18; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 69; 

 id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 18. 



a. ^ , Shonga : iris brown ; bill blackish, cere grey ; feet 

 very pale yellowish flesh-colour, claws grey. 



96. ASTUR SPHENURUS. 



Falco sphenurus, Riipp. Neue Wirb., Vog. 1835-40, p. 42. 



Astur brachydactylus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 14. 



Astur sphenurus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 112. 



a. ? , Shonga : iris fiery orange-red, yellower round pupil ; 

 cere yellow ; bill black, bluish at the base ; legs dull orange- 

 yellow. 



This example is fully adult, and agrees perfectly with a 

 specimen in my own collection from Bogos {Esler) . 



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