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rowly banded with the color on their apical portion (from three to 

 six white transverse bars on each feather, noticeable chiefly on the 

 underside) , the barrings continuing, but faintly, much further basally 

 on the outer webs of the lateral three pairs of tail feathers. Otherwise 

 the bird resembles the adults, except for a few light straw-colored 

 feathers on the lores, which are not present in older individuals. 



The adult plumage is well known and needs no redescription. 



Gentropus vionachus monachiis occurs throughout Ethiopia, but 

 not in the lowlands. Blanford °- never saw it much below 7,000 

 feet (2,100 meters) nor above 8,500 feet (2,550 meters). " Its range 

 may be greater, but it is probably confined to the temperate 

 region. It was met with in thick bushes, often on the banks of 

 streams * * *." 



That its altitudinal range is greater than this is shown by the 

 specimens Mearns collected near Gardula at an elevation of only 

 4,000 feet. Neumann ^^ observed it at Aletta in Sidamo, Bolago- 

 schara in Doko, Anderatscha in Kaffa, as well as in Metscha, 

 Djamdjam, and Gardula. Erlanger^* obtained one at Maid River; 

 Zedlitz ^^ found it at Mai Atal and at The Mareb Stream ; while 

 earlier explorers such as Von Heuglin and Eiippell, procured speci- 

 mens in northern Ethiopia (Tigre, etc.). In Kenya Colony it is 

 known from Nairobi, Kyambu, Fort Hall, and other localities. 



The breeding season, according to Von Heuglin, in the Sobat 

 Valley, is in January and February; in central Ethiopia, in May. 

 However, Neumann ^^ shot a hen with an egg almost ready to be laid, 

 on December 14, at Aletta, Sidamo. 



Mearns met with this coucal at Aletta, March 7-15, 2 birds seen; 

 at the Abaya Lakes, March 18-26, where he noted 32 individuals; 

 and at the Gato River March 29 to May 17, where 10 were seen. 



CENTROPUS SUPERCILIOSUS SUPERCILIOSUS Hemprich and Ehrenberg 



Centropus superciUosus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Sym. Phys., fol. R., pi. 

 11, 1828 : South Arabia. 



Specimens collected: 



One unsexed. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, October 12, 1911 (A. Ouellard 

 collection). 



One male, Gada Bourca, Ethiopia, December 24, 1911. 



One female, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, January 28, 1912. 



One male. Lake Abaya, east, Ethiopia, March 20, 1912. 



Three males, two females, and two nestlings, Gato River, near 

 Gardula, Ethiopia, April 10 to May 8, 1912. 



»=i Geol. and Zool. Abyss., 1870, p. 314. 

 s'Journ. f. Ornilh., 1904, pp. 379-380. 

 "* Idem, 1905, p. 480. 

 "Idem, 1910, pp. 741-742. 



