740 Birds collected by Mr. C . Grant in South Africa. 
484. PffiOCEPHALUS ROBUSTUS. 
Tv. Zuurbron, Apl., May (2). 
[“ Papegaai” of Colonists. 
Only in the Wakkerstroom district of the Transvaal and 
the Beira and Gorongoza districts of Portuguese East Africa 
have I noted this Parrot. It is generally observed in pairs 
or threes and frequents forest country, feeding on the wild 
fruits and berries. It is wary and not easily approached 
within shot. The cry is a single loud note often repeated, 
especially when the birds are passing high overhead from one 
part of the forest to another. 
The soft parts of an adult are :—Irides brown ; bill pearly; 
legs and toes slightly slate-coloured.] 
486. PfEOCEPHALUS FUSCICAPILLUS. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (6) ; P. Coguno, 
June (2) ; Beira, Dec. (3). 
Mr. Claude Grant remarks (below) that in one of the Klein 
Letaba examples and in all three from Beira the axillaries 
as well as the under wing-coverts are yellow, while in the 
other examples they are green. As there are signs of green 
on some of the yellow axillaries, it seems probable that the 
birds with the yellow axillaries are immature. The male 
from Klein Letaba (dated Sept. 6) with yellow axillaries is 
also slightly smaller both in the wing and bill and has the 
notch of the upper mandible but slightly indicated, all signs 
of immaturity. 
[In the three examples from Beira and one from the Klein 
Letaba the axillaries are yellow. In the other five specimens 
from the Klein Letaba and the two from Coguno the 
axillaries are green. This is probably due to age, as one 
with yellow axillaries shews distinct traces of the green 
colouring, and one or two with green axillaries have them 
tinged with yellow. 
It was not till I reached the Klein Letaba country that I 
came across this species; afterwards I found it in the Inham- 
bane, Beira, and Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa. 
This little Parrot is generally seen in pairs, often also in 
