44 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jan. 1", 



This appears to be essentially an inland African species, for it has 

 been procured by Mr. Bohndorff at Semnii in Niam-niam, and by 

 Dr. Buhm in Marungu on the western side of Lake Tanyanika. It 

 is also known from the interior of Angola. 



140. CORYTHAIX LEUCOLOPHTJS, Heilgl. 



Corythaix leucolopkus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 703, pi. 24 ; 

 Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 210 ; Sharpe, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. 1884, p. 433 ; Schalow, J. f. O. 1886, p. 20. 



No. 828. $ . Kabajerdi, Aug. 20, 1883. 



Iris brown ; eyelids pale blood-red ; bill yellow, with a greenish 

 base ; legs black. 



141. CORYTHEOLA CRIST ATA (Vicill.). 



Turacus giganteus, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 1884, 

 p. 433. 



Corytheola cristata, Schalow, J. f. O. 1886, p. .55. 



Nos. 144, 145, 146, 147. Ad. Tingasi, Sept. 1881. 

 Iris red ; bill, basal half yellow, end half red ; feet dusky. The 

 red has entirely faded from the bills. 



142. EuRYSTOMUS AFER (Lath.). 



Eurystomus afer, Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p- 274 ; Hartl. Abhandl. 

 nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, p. 110; Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxxi. 1881, 

 p. 143 ; xxxii. 1882, p. 500 ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. 

 1884, p. 434. 



No. 110. $. Tingasi, July 16, 1883, 



III. PSITTACI. 



143. PsiTTACUs ERiTHACus, Linn. 



Psittacus erithacus, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, 

 p. 211. 



Psittacus rubrovarius, Rochebrune, Faun. Senegamb., Ois. p. 84, 

 pi. 10. 



No. 158. ?. Mabode Land, June 1884. 



Iris pale yellow ; bill black ; bare skin on sides of head pearly 

 grey. 



This is a peculiar red mottled variety of the Grey Parrot, probably 

 due to some particular food to which the bird becomes partial ; for 

 the irregularity of the red marking cannot, I maintain, be of specific 

 value. M. Rochebrune regards it as a good species, and applies to it 

 Brisson's very characteristic name of rubrovarius. He also gives a 

 good figure, which exactly represents the specimen before me. 



Emin Pasha writes concerning it to the following effect : — " In 

 habits it is said not to differ from the grey form. It was given to me 

 by one of the chiefs in Monbuttu, where it is known by the name 

 ' Curingu,' and the common grey birds by that of ' Makue.' " He 

 also gives some interesting notes on the migrations of the Grey 



