— 82 - 



on the tips and a larger one of the same colour higher up. 

 The upper mandible is dark -grey, the lower mandible for the 

 most part yellowish browu. Irides yellowish-brown. 

 Wing, tarsus, 



145, 152 mm. 36, 38 mm. cfcT Nairobi, Kiambu. 

 152 mm. 39 mm. cT Kendu. 



152 mm, 42 mm. 9 Mombasa. 



162, 162 mm. 41, 39 mm. 99 Kikuyu, Naiwasha. 

 162, 158 mm. 37, 40 mm. cr9 juv. Nairobi, Kendu. 

 Irides blood-red; bill black; legs greyish green. 



Clamator cafer (A. Leht.). — Rchw. II. p. 76. 

 1 (5 ad. 18. 7. Mount Elgon 6.500 feet. 



This specimen was shot on the out-skirts of the forest on 

 the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon. This was the only time that 

 this bird was seen here and it is probable that it is rare in 

 these regions. 



The specimen is not yet in full dress, for the rectrices 

 lack the white tips. Among the glossy green feathers of the 

 back there are still some brownish ones from the young bird's 

 plumage. 



Wing 165 mm. tarsus 32 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black; legs lead-grey. 



Clamator jacohinus pica (Hempr. & Ehr,). — Rchw. II. p. 78. 



Clamator jacohinus jacohinus Bodd.-Zedlitz : Journ. f. Orn. 1915, p. 6. — 

 Coccystes jacohinus Bodd.-ReicheDOw: op. cit. — Clamator jacohinus 

 pica (Hempr.-Ehr.) : Hartert: Nov. Zool. XXII, 1915, p. 253. 

 1 (5 juv. 10. 5. Eldoret 9.000 feet. 



The first specimen of this cuckoo was procured in Mom- 

 basa, where the bird was not rare. It appeared singly or in 

 pairs in the cocoa plantations situated near the town. 



A day's march from Eldoret (on the way towards Elgon) 

 a male, in the transition from the immature to the adult plumage, 

 was shot in the acacia-country, close by a little water-way. 



The forehead and crown are dark-brown, the long feathers 

 of the head blackish brown. The innermost secondaries black 

 with a green gloss. Most of the secondaries with greyish white 

 tips. Some of the rectrices a beautiful glossy green. In other 

 respects it is like the one R e i c h e n o w (p. 79) describes, 

 wing, culmen, tarsus, tail, 



145 mm. 25 mm. 30 mm. 175 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black; legs dark-greyish green. 



Hartert has (Nov. Zool. XXII, 1915, p. 253-254) dealt 

 with the different forms of this species, especially those occurring 

 in tropical Africa under the name of C. j. pica. 



