Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 10. 5 



157. $ ad. Bank of Loangwa. April 14, 1905. 



Upper mandible, black, the lower one, red ; iris, brown ; 

 feet, blackish, slightly tinted with red ; other bare parts, 

 red. 



265. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 24, 1905. 



Bill, dark horn ; base of upper and whole of lower 

 mandible, light red ; iris, dark brown ; feet, purplish-black. 



M Chikwirikwiti " of the Asenga. Common ; often 

 snared by the natives in large numbers. Bare skin on 

 head and neck, brilliant red in life. 



Family NUMIDID/E. 



7. Numida mitrata. 



Numida mitrata, "Pall. Spic. Zool.," vol. 1, part 4, p. 18, pi. 3 

 (1767: Madagascar); Grant, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 

 22, p. 378; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 438; 

 W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 232. 



549) 55°- & & a d- Petauke. December 28, 1905. 



Bill, pale horn, reddish at base ; iris, olive-brown ; 

 feet, blackish ; top and back of head and round nostrils 

 crimson red ; casque dusky-horn in colour ; orbits, sides of 

 head and throat pale blue mottled with darker blue ; lappets 

 pale blue, the distal half crimson red ; neck blackish in 

 dorsal line, rest pale blue with a large cobalt blue patch 

 in midventral line. 



Common everywhere in Loangwa Valley and to the 

 east of it. It is doubtful if this species occurs on 

 the Alala Plateau, west of the Mchinga range. If they 

 occur at all there, they will not improbably be found on 

 the southern and eastern borders. Toward the Kafue, this 

 species appears to be replaced by N. marungensis. 

 Usually in flocks of 10 to 15 individuals, which separate 

 for pairing early in November. Occasionally seen in the 



