618 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



Halcyon dryas is found on all the islands in the Gulf of 

 Guinea, with the exception of Annobon. On the mainland 

 the Wood-Kingfisher appears to be confined to Gaboon. 



In Prince's Island it is a plentiful species, living in the 

 woods in the neighbourhood of streams. 



25. *Psittacus erithacus princeps. 



Psittacus princeps Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. 1909, 

 p. 74 ; Alexander, ' Boyd Alexander's Last Journey,' 1912, 

 pp. 92-93; 



Psittacus erithacus Linn.; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d, Guinea, 

 i. 1903, p. 10 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, p. 46. 



a,b. ? ad. 28. ii.09. 



c. S ad. 29. -ii. 09. 



d. (J. l.iii. 09. Type of the species. (Breeding.) 



e. ? ad. 4.iii. 09. 

 /. ?c?ad. 5.iii.09. 

 ff,h. S ^ ad. 8.iii.09. 

 i. ? ad. ll.iii.09. 

 k. S ad. 13.iii.09. 

 /. ? juv. 18.iii.09. 



m. cJ ad. 20. iii. 09 (breeding). Shot out of a pair. 



A description of this Parrot appeared in the Bulletin of the 

 B. O. C. where it is characterised as follows : — " Adidt male 

 and female. Similar to P. erithacus Linn., but larger and 

 darker. Entire upper- and underparts very dark grey, 

 almost blackish; feathers, especially of the underparts, 

 edged with dark blue, giving the bird, when viewed in 

 certain lights, the appearance of being strongly washed 

 with inky blue.'^ 



Boyd Alexander's original remarks in his diary con- 

 cerning this Parrot may be of interest. He writes : — " If 

 nothing has been done since Salvadori's paper published in 

 1903, this is a new Parrot. It is a remarkable bird, and is 

 quite distinct from P. erithacus. It is very much darker, 

 both on the upper and lower parts, the feathers, especially of 

 the latter, edged with dark blue, which give to the body, when 

 viewed in certain lights, the appearance of being strongly 



