On Birds obtained in British East Africa. 611 
XXXIX. — List of Birds obtained in British East Africa. 
By F. J. Jackson, C.B., F.Z.S.— Part III.* With Notes 
by R. BowuLER Sharpe^ LL.D. &c. 
(Plate XVI.) 
The present paper carries the account of my East-African 
collection to the end of the Picarian Birds^ and I trust 
that this and the concludiiio^ portion^ which will be published 
shortly, wall make my list of the birds of Uganda fairly 
complete. 
Order PSITTACIFORMES. 
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260. PCEOCEPHALUS MASSAICUS. 
Poeocephalus massaicus F. & B. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
XX. p. 367 (1891) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 312 ; Beichen. 
Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 99 (189^) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1899, 
p. 61 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 599 (Mt. Kenya). 
Nos. 217, 218. ^ ? ad. Mau, 8700 feet, Aug. 3, 1896. 
Upper mandible whitish horn-coloured, lower mandible slate- 
coloured ; feet whitish yellow ; iris red, with inner ring of 
yellow; bare skin round eye yellow. Plentiful throughout the 
Mau forest district. In flocks of eight to ten. Very noisy. 
No. 638. S ad. Ravine, June 21, 1897. 
No. 905. ? ad. Ravine, March 7, 1898. 
Nos. 916, 917. $ S ad. Ravine, March 9, 1898. 
[The adult female is like the male in plumage. The bird 
in Mr. Jackson^'s collection described as the old female 
(Cat. B. /. c.) is really a young bird. — R. B, S.] 
261. Poeocephalus rufiventris. 
P(jeocephalus rufiventris (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. XX. p. 372 (1891) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 311 ; Reichen. 
Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 95 (1894) ; Hartert, Ansorge^s 
African Sun, p. 332 (1899: Voi River; Mtoto Ndei) ; 
Neum. J. f. 0. 1899, p. 61. 
No. 18. ? . River Tsavo, Jan. 20, 1892. 
[The female of this species bears a close resemblance to 
* See • Ibis,' 1901, pp. 33-97. 
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