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Cuculus solitarius (Steph.)- — Rchw. II. p. 87. 

 2 (5(5 ad. 2. 6., 3. 6. ; 1 (5 juv. 10. 7. Mount Elgon 7.000 feet. 



Was sparingly met with here and there on the eastern 

 slopes of Mount Elgon, always in the interior of the dense 

 forests. 



One of the specimens (ad.) has the throat grey and the red- 

 dish brown patch on the fore-neck is rather narrow only 19 cm. 

 wide. All the undertail coverts have black transverse bands. 



Wing 170 mm, bill 24 mm, tarsus 20 mm. 



The other adult specimen has all the feathers of the throat 

 tipped with brownish red, and the reddish brown patch on the 

 fore-neck in this bird is 27 cm. wide, and more distinctly marked. 

 Only some of the undertail coverts are furnished with black 

 transverse bands. 



Wing 170 mm, bill 23 mm, tarsus 19 mm. 



In both birds the irides are dark-brown, bill dark-grey (almost 

 black), base of upper mandible greyish yellow, legs citron-yellow. 



Stomach full of the same large, hairy larvae found in 

 Bycanistes suhcylindricus. 



The young bird agrees with the description Reichenow 

 (op. cit. p. 89) has given of a young C. gabonensis but is without 

 the white transverse baud on the back of the head. 



Irides brown; bill black; legs citron-yellow. 



Chrysocotcyx hlaasi (Steph.). — Rchw. II. p. 98. 



Kalyan-zuki . . . ki-kamba. 

 (5 juv. 24. 4. Kikuyu. — Q ad. 3. 6.; Q juv. 24. 7. Mount Elgon 7.000 feet. 



In a little clump of trees near Kikuyu this species was com- 

 mon. It generally frequented the dark under-growth, where, in 

 spite of its beautiful, bright colours, it was difficult to discover. 

 In the acacia- country below the eastern slopes of Mount 

 Elgon it was also met with very frequently, but always singly. 

 Wing, tarsus, 



cT juv., 9 ad. and juv. 75 mm. 15 mm. 



Irides brown or brownish yellow; bill black; legs dark- 

 greyish green or bluish green. 



Indicatoridae. 



■Indicator indicator (Gm.). — Rchw. II. p. 104. 



2 (5^ juv. 17. 5., 28. 5. Mount Elgon 6.500 feet. - 2 (5(5 ad. 28. 5., 6. 6. 

 Mount Elgon 7.000—8.000 feet. — 1 Q ad. 17. 6. Mount Elgon 7.000 feet. 



On the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon, as well as in the 

 forest by the rivulets in the vicinity of the mountain, this species 



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