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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
I have not been able to find any examples which exactly 
match this bird in the British Museum. All the Nyasaland 
examples, of which there is a long series, seem to be true 
T. livingstonii . 
[“ Nkurukuru 99 of the Ntebis. 
This species was by no means common, only two or three 
being observed in the thicker patches of forest near Beira ; 
but whether they were of this form or the ordinary T. living - 
stonii it is quite impossible to say, as in general habits and 
call it exactly resembles that species. The soft parts are 
also similar.] 
481. Gallirex porphyreolophus. 
N. Illovo, Nov. (2); Tv. Legogot, Apl., May (2) ; 
P. Coguno, Aug. (2) ; Beira, Feb. (1). 
482. Gallirex porphyreolophus ciilohochlamys. 
P. Tete, Aug. (2). 
The Zambesi Purple-crested Lourie apparently replaces 
the southern typical form only in the Zambesi Valley 
proper; specimens from Beira are identical with those of 
Natal. 
[“ Gwalagwala 99 of the Natal natives ; “ Ngulegule 99 of 
the Machangaans and Macliopees; “Nkurukuru” of the 
Ntebis. 
This species appears to be confined to the low veld of the 
eastern side of South Africa. I have noted it in Natal, 
the Eastern Transvaal, and in the Inhambane and Beira 
districts of Portuguese East Africa. Except in Natal it 
is not partial to forest, and is usually found in the 
thicker and denser parts of ordinary “ bush-veld 99 country, 
where it occurs singly or in pairs, creeping about the trees 
and brushwood in search of fruit and berries after the 
manner of the other Louries. The flight is swift and 
gliding, with little movement of the wings, and the cry is 
harsh and resonant, deeper than that of Turacus and different 
in tone. 
The soft parts are :—Irides very dark brown; eyelid red ; 
bill, legs and toes black.] 
