by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 7 39 
483. ScHIZORHIS CONCOLOR. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (8) ; F. Tete, 
Aug. (1). 
[“ Go-away ” bird of tbe Colonists; u Nkwenyane ” of 
the Machangaans and Machopees. 
I first saw this Lourie in Zululand, north of the Hluhluwe 
Stream, where I noted it in threes and fours in the thorn-trees, 
but it was so wary that I was unable to secure specimens. 
I subsequently met with it in the Eastern and the North- 
Eastern Transvaal, and in the Inhambane and Tete districts 
of Portuguese East Africa. It frequents “ bush-veld,” and I 
have only once observed it on the high veld proper, and that 
was on the Pietersburg-Klein Letaba road, where a few 
were seen in the thorn-trees along the edge of the Berg. 
It appears to be somewhat local; for instance, it is not 
found south of the Hluhluwe Stream in Zululand, and in 
the Inhambane District it is confined to the valleys of the 
Inyasuni and Yamatemda Rivers, where the country is more 
or less open, and is not met with either in the Beira or 
Gorongoza districts of the Portuguese country, although 
common around Tete. It is usually found in companies of 
about half a dozen flopping about in the trees, feeding on the 
berries and fruit or lazily flying from tree to tree. It has a 
loud drawn-out cry of “ kway,” sometimes singly, sometimes 
doubly repeated. Although wary and keeping out of shot as a 
rule, it is most inquisitive, and will accompany a man for long 
distances, either on one side or more often in front, perching 
on the tops of trees and giving vent to its aggravating cry, 
jerking up the tail and continually raising and depressing 
its crest. From this habit it has earned a bad reputation 
among hunters, as it warns the game of the approach of 
danger, the cry sounding as though the bird was calling to 
the game to “ go away.” The natives also attribute this to 
the bird, and I have seen them strike off in another direction 
because of its persistence in keeping in touch with them; 
I have myself blown the bird to pieces with a rifle-ball in 
pure exasperation. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes black.] 
