226 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Oxyhplnis afer, Finsch, iu Trans, of Zool. Soc. vol. vii. p. 285. 

 Oxi/loj)/n(s caffer, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 90G6. 

 Coccystes caffer, Sharpe's Cat. No. 110. 



Like the rest of the Cuckoos found in Damara Land, 

 this species is only a periodical visitant during the rainy 

 season, and takes its departure long before the return of 

 the dry weather. I have heard its note on the river 

 Okavango as early as September ; but it is a scarce bird 

 in that district, and very rare in Damara Land. It 

 always appears in pairs, and is of a rather shy and re- 

 tiring disposition. 



The iris is dark olive-brown ; the bill black ; the legs 

 and toes brown tinged with lead-colour. 



272. OxylophuS serratus (Sparm.). Edolio Cuckoo. 

 Le CoKcou edolio (m:de), Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 207. 

 Oxyloplms edolius, Laj-ard's Cat. No. 498. 

 Oxylox>hus serratus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 90G4. 

 Coccystes serratus, Sliarpe's Cat. No. 111. 



[Mr. Andersson's MS. notes do not refer to this species as 

 inhabiting Damara Land ; but two examples of it, obtained ])y 

 him in that country, are in the collection of Mr. R. B. Sharpc. 

 —Ed.] 



273. Cuculus clamosns, Cuv. Noisy Cuckoo. 



Ze Coucou criard, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pis. 204 & 205. 

 Cuctdus clamostts, Gumey, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 3. 

 „ „ Layard's Cat. No. 492. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 408. 



I first observed this species in the neighbourhood of 

 the river Okavango, but only very sparingly ; and the 

 few individuals which there came under my notice were 

 so excessively wild and wary that I only succeeded in 



