. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. PSITTACID^ PYOCEPHALUS 227 Poeocephalus fuscicapillus, Salvad. Cat. B. M. xx, p. 368 (1891) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 139 (1896); Sharpc, Ibis, 1897, p. 502 [Znlu- land] ; Woodward Bros. Natal Birds, p. 126 (1899). " Hokgwe " of the natives in Lydenburg dist. (Francis). Description. Adult male.—Head and neck all round grey with an olive-yellow tinge; rest of the upper and under surface green, brightest on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-quills and tail dusky-black washed with green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries bright ye
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. PSITTACID^ PYOCEPHALUS 227 Poeocephalus fuscicapillus, Salvad. Cat. B. M. xx, p. 368 (1891) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 139 (1896); Sharpc, Ibis, 1897, p. 502 [Znlu- land] ; Woodward Bros. Natal Birds, p. 126 (1899). " Hokgwe " of the natives in Lydenburg dist. (Francis). Description. Adult male.—Head and neck all round grey with an olive-yellow tinge; rest of the upper and under surface green, brightest on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-quills and tail dusky-black washed with green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries bright yellow. Iris greenish-yellow ; upper mandible horn, lower white ; legs and feet Fig. 76. Pa;ocephaliis fuscicapillus. Length about 9-0 ; wing 6-1; tail 2-7 ; tarsus 0-60 ; culmen 0-90. The female resembles the male but is slightly smaller (wing 5-70). Distribution.—East Africa from Mombasa and Zanzibar (whence came the type) to the eastern Transvaal and Zululand. South African localities are: Natal—Umfolosi river and St. Lucia Lake (Woodward); Transvaal—Swaziland (Buckley in Bt. Mus.), Sabi river, Lydenburg (Francis in S. A. Mus.), Olifant river (W. Ayres); Portuguese east Africa—Inhambane (Peters). Habits.—The Woodwards found these Parrots pretty common on the thorn flats of Zululand : " They are generally seen in pairs and fly very rapidly, uttering shrill screams. They are fond of wild figs, the fruit of a huge species of Banyan tree, which grows along the banks of many of the larger rivers, and we have seen them feeding on green mealies in the Kaffir mealie gardens. These Parrots make round holes in the dead trees, where they lay their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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