740 Birds collected by Mr. C. Grant iti South Africa. 



484-. PCEOCEPHALUS robustus. 



Tv. ZuuibroTi, ApL, May (2). 



[" Papegaai " of Colonists. 



Only in the Wakkerstroom district of the Transvaal and 

 the Beira and Gorongoza districts of Portuguese East Africa 

 have I noted this Parrot. It is generally observed in pairs 

 or threes and frequents forest country^ feeding on the wild 

 fruits and berries. It is wary and not easily approached 

 within shot. The cry is a single loud note often repeated, 

 especially when the birds are passing high overhead from one 

 part of the forest to another. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides brown ; bill pearly; 

 legs and toes slightly slate-coloured.] 



486. PCEOCEPHALUS FUSCICAPI LLUS. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (G) ; P, Coguno, 

 June (2) ; Beira, Dec. (3). 



Mr. Claude Grant remarks (below) that in one of the Kleiu 

 Letaba examples and iti all three from Beira the axillaries 

 as well as the under wing-coverts are yellow, wliile in the 

 other examples they are green. As there are signs of green 

 on some of the yellow axillaries, it seems probable that the 

 birds with the yellow axillaries are immature. The male 

 from Klein Letaba (dated Sept. G) with yellow axillaries is 

 also sliglitly smaller both in the wing and bill and has the 

 notch of the upper mandible but slightly indicated, all signs 

 of immaturity. 



[In the three examples from Beira and one from the Klein 

 Letaba the axillaries are yellow. In the other five specimens 

 from the Klein Letaba and the two from Coguno the 

 axillaries are green. This is probably due to age, as one 

 with yellow axillaries shews distinct traces of the green 

 colouring, and one or two with green axillaries have them 

 tinged wdth yellow. 



It was not till I reached the Klein Letaba country that I 

 came across this species; afterwards I found it in the Inham- 

 bane, Beira, and Tete districts of Portuguese Eaet Africa. 

 This little Parrot is generally seen in pairs, often also in 



