PSITTACID& 213 



SCANSOKES, 



PSITTACIRE. 



256. PoicephalllS robustus (Gmel.). LevaiUant's Parrot. 



Le Perroquet & /ranges sougi, LevaiUant's Perroquets, pi. 130. 

 Psittacus Levaillantii, Layard's Cat. No. 459. 

 Poicephahis robustus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 8282. 

 Psittacus robustus, Sharpe's Cat. No. 173. 



I have only met with this Parrot in the country of 

 Ovaquenyama, where it is very abundant, but very wild 

 and 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. 



The iris is dark brown ; the bill livid, but brown at 

 the extremity ; the tarsi are lead-coloured. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 12 9 12 



Length of folded wing ...90 86 



tarsus 10 ..... 9 



middle toe .... 2 10 2 10 



tail 41 38 



[Mr. B,. B. Sharpe possesses two specimens of this Parrot 

 obtained by Mr. Andersson, one in Damara Land and one in 

 Ondonga. ED.] 



257. Poicephahis Meyeri (Hupp.). Meyer's Parrot. 



Psittacus Meyeri, RiippelPs Atlas, pi. 11. 



Pvocephalus Meyeri, Strickland & Sclater, Oontr. Orn. 1852, p. 156. 

 Psittacus Meyeri, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 406. 

 Pionias Meyeri, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 500. 

 Poicephahcs Meyeri, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 8284. 

 Psittacus Meyeri, Sharpe's Cat. No. 170. 



