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Nectarinia erythroceria Red-breasted sunbird 



Nectarinia kilimensis Bronzy sunbird 



Cinnyris chloropygius Olive-bellied sunbii-d 



Cinnyris reichenovn Reichenow's sunbird 



Chalcomitra olivacea Olive sunbii-d 



Chalcomitra senegalensis Scarlet-chested sunbird 



Passer melanurus Cape sparrow 



Ploceus xanthops Jameson's golden weaver 



Ploceus reichenoioi Reichenow's weaver 



Ploceus cucullatus V-marked weaver 



Ploceus ocularis Spectacled weaver 



Ploceus subaureus Golden weaver 



Ploceus velatus Masked weaver 



Malimhus malimbicus Crested malimbe 



Amblyospiza albifrons Grosbeak weaver 



Euplectes orix Red-bishop 



Euplectes hordeaceus Fire-crowned bishop 



Pholidornis rushiae Tit-weaver 

 C. caprius. 



The didric cuckoo is the best kno^^^l of the African species of the 

 group. Over manj^- years I have been able to amass some 426 records 

 of its parasitism on a total of 67 species (84 species and subspecies) 

 of hosts. 1° 



10 For pertinent references to published records see: Bannerman 1933, p. 114; 

 Bates 1905, p. 96; Belcher 1924, p. 3; 1930, pp. 109-110; Benson 1952, p. 443; 

 1953, p. 35; Benson and Benson 1949, p. 165; Benson, Brooke, and Vernon 1964, 

 p. 56; Benson and Pitman 1961, p. 161; Benson and White 1957, p. 44; Bergh 

 1943, p. 121; Chapin 1939, p. 199; Chubb 1914, p. 63; Distant 1897, p. 143; 

 Farkas 1962, p. 28; Fischer 1880, p. 190; Friedmann 1949a, pp. 163-178; 1949b, 

 p. 517; 1956, pp. 400-403; Fry 1961, p. 275; Grote, 1912, p. 522; Haagner and 

 Ivy 1906, p. 37; Haydock 1950, p. 150; 1951, p. 3; Hoesch and Niethammer 1940, 

 pp. 169-170; Ilolman 1947, p. 641; Hunter 1961, pp. 55-63; Ivy 1901, pp. 26-27; 

 Jackson 1938, pp. 500, 803, 1317, 1352; James 1921, p. 185; Joubert 1943, p. 5; 

 Layard 1875-84, p. 155; Makatsch 1955, pp. 185-186; Markus 1961, p. 33; 1964, 

 p. 123; McLachlan and Spence 1957, p. 126; ISIiles 1951, p. 4; Moltoni and 

 Ruscone 1940, pp. 17-18; ^louritz 1910, p. 68; Nicholson 1897, pp. 142-143; 

 Ottow and Duve 1965, p. 435; Packenham 1948, p. 100; Paterson 1945, p. 226; 

 Petit 1899, pp. 66-67; Pitman 1929b, p. 99; 1934, pp. 210-211; 1957, pp. 3-6; 

 Plowes 194.5, pp. 113-114; 1946b, p. 271; Priest 1929, p. 33; 1936, p. 275; Pringle 

 1948, p. 155; Reed 1953, pp. 138-140; Reichenow 1881, p. 16; 1894, p. Ill; 

 Roberts 1913, pp. 32-33; 1926, pp. 233-234; 1939, pp. 17-18; 1940, p. 143; Rowan 

 and Broekhuysen 1962, p. 28; Serle 19.54, p. 55; Skead 1947, pp. 1-42; 1951, 

 p. 197; 1952, pp. 4-5; 1954b, p. 102; Sparrow 1936, pp. 6-7; Stoneham 1926, 

 p. 65; 1929, p. 269; Swynnerton 1916, p. 284; van Someren 1916, pp. 233, 384, 

 454; 1918, p. 268; 1956, pp. 236, 464; van Someren and van Someren 1945, p. 44; 

 Vaughn 1930, p. H; Verheyen 1953, p. 315; ^'incent 1947, p. 201; Winterbottom 

 1951, p. 15. 



