738 Mr. W. L. Scluter on Birds collected 



I have not been able to find any examples whicli exactly 

 match this bird in the British Museum. All the Nyasaland 

 examples, of which there is a long series, seem to be true 

 T. livingstonii. 



\_" Nkuruknru " of the Ntebis. 



This species was by no means common, only two or three 

 being observed in the thicker patches of forest near Beira ; 

 but whether they were of this form or the ordinary T. Uviny- 

 stoiiii it is quite impossible to say, as in general habits and 

 call it exactly resembles that species. The soft parts are 

 also similar.] 



481. Gallirex porphyreolophus. 



N. Illovo, Nov. (2) ; Tv. Legogot, Apl., May (2) ; 

 P. Coguno, Aug. (2) ; Beira, Feb. (1). 



482. Gallirex porphyreolophus cnLOiiocnLAMVs, 

 P. Tete, Aug. (2). 



The Zambesi Purple-crested Lourie apparently replaces 

 the southern typical form only in the Zambesi Valley 

 proper ; specimens from Beira are identical with those of 

 Natal. 



\_" Gwalagwala " of the Natal natives ; *' Ngulegule " of 

 the Machaugaans and Machopees ; "Nkuriikuru '^ of the 

 Ntebis. 



This species appears to be confined to the low veld of the 

 eastern side of South Africa. I have noted it in Natal, 

 the Eastern Transvaal, and in the Inhambane and Beira 

 districts of Portuguese East Africa. Except in Natal it 

 is not partial to forest, and is usually found in the 

 thicker and denser parts of ordinary "bush-veld" country, 

 where it occurs singly or in pairs, creeping about the trees 

 and brushwood in search of fruit and berries after the 

 manner of the other Louries. The flight is swift and 

 gliding, with little movement of the wings, and the cry is 

 harsh and resonant, deeper than that of Juracus and diff'erent 

 iu tone. 



The soft parts are : — I rides very dark brown ; eyelid red ; 

 bill, legs and toes black.] 



