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25. Chalcites auratus. 

 Cuckoo. Locality, Massangano. 



26. Prionops talacoma, Smith. 



Has a very discordant note, and is exceedingly wary and shy ; 

 beautiful yellow eyelids ; legs of a light-yellowish red ; food, 

 beetles, caterpillars, and other insects. 



27. Halcyon striolata. 



All the birds belonging to this family that I have observed in 

 Angola utter a very agreeable loud note or song, which produces 

 a singular effect when, in going down a river in a canoe in the 

 breathless mid-day sun, it is heard cool and clear, whilst all else 

 is hushed and still in the glare and heat. 



They are found in the thick woods and bush in the vicinity of 

 the rivers as much or more than on the very banks. Locality, 

 Massangano. 



28. Urobrachya albonotata, Cassin. 



Not uncommon in the high grass at Cambambe. 



29. COLLURIO SMITHII. 



Feeds on insects and small lizards, which it secures under its 

 feet, and, allowing the weight of its body to rest on its food, tears 

 it up with its bill in the manner of a Hawk. It has, however, 

 no strength of clutch in its claws, and has a very feeble flight. 



30. Pholidauges leucogaster. 



Was trapped alive, but died after a few days' confinement, 

 during which it fed on several wild berries, said by the natives 

 to constitute its food ; it refused to eat insects ; its habit of head 

 and neck was very full and flat, like that of a Martin or Swallow. 

 It exhibited a most beautiful appearance when alive, which is 

 wanting in the dead skin. 



31. Nectarinia chalcea, Hartlaub, sp. nov. 



The only species of Sun-bird that I observed in Cambambe. 

 I noticed several other species on the river Quanza, however. 



Is very active and pugnacious ; constantly utters a loud chirp 

 for such a small creature, and, whilst flying from bush to bush 

 or flower to flower, now and then flying up to the branch of a 

 tree, it shakes and jerks itself, and breaks out into a song which 



