AFES. 305 



chiefly about Kolqual and Dahro trees in pairs and small 

 parties. It was especially common near Adigrat. My 

 collector obtained in April an egg, which he assured me 

 belonged to this bird, from a hole in a tree, and there can 

 be little doubt of its having been correctly identified. 



30. Palaeornis torquatus (Bodd.). 



P. cubicularis, Hasselquist. — Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 335. — Ferret 



et Gal. No. 27. 

 Psittacus torquatus, Lefebyre, p. 128. 

 Palmomis torquatus, Brehm, Habesch, No. 110. — Finsch, Papa- 



geien, ii. 17. 



Never seen by me on highlands, but tolerably common 

 in the Anseba vaUey at an elevation of from 4,000 to 

 5,000 feet. The birds obtained by me had longer bills 

 than any of the Indian specimens which I compared with 

 them, but Dr. Finsch, from the comparison of a large 

 series of African and Asiatic specimens, has decided that 

 there is no constant difference between the two races. 



Okdek INSES80RE8. 



Sub-Ordee PIC^, 



Family PICIDjE, 



31. Picus [Campethera) nubicus, Gm. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 439. 



P. cethiopicus, Hempr and Ehr., Symb. Phys., note. 



Bend/romus mthiopicus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 90, t. 36. 



Beak dusky, paler beneath. Legs greenish horny. Iris 

 in the young bird pearl grey, in the adult pink. The 

 young bird has the head unspotted black ; in the adult it 



