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114. CoRVTiiAix poRPHYRioLOPHUs, Vig. PurjDlc-crested 

 Touraco. 



This handsome species is fairly plentiful about Durban, 

 especially in the less frequented woods to the east of the Um- 

 geni and at Pinetown, where its loud rough notes, somewhat 

 resembling the word "Tourakoo^^ repeated successively 

 several times, may be frequently heard in the morning and 

 evening. It resorts mostly to the larger trees, where I have 

 frequently watched three or four playing together, hopping 

 from bough to bough, depressing and expanding their tails, 

 and at intervals displaying the rich crimson on their wings. 

 There are few more striking birds than the present one and 

 some of the allied species as they fly gracefully across the 

 path in front, or are watched during their quaint but pleasing 

 gambols. Beak and legs black ; irides dark brown ; eyelids 

 scarlet. 



115. Toccus FLAViRosTRis, Riipp. Yellow-billed Hornbill. 

 I met with some very large flocks of this Hornbill to the 



east of the Umgeni, but did not see it elsewhere. 



116. POGONORHYNCHUS TORQUATUS, Dum. 



Very common about Pinetown ; but I never met with them 

 nearer the coast. They were generally in pairs, frequenting 

 the scattered trees at the edges of woods. Beak black ; irides 

 red-brown ; legs slaty brown. 



117. Ceuthmochares australis, Sharpe. South- African 

 Coucal. 



I shot two specimens at Durban, where they frequent the 

 upper branches of the higher bush, rendering it very difiicult 

 to see them through the thick foliage. Length in the flesh 

 14 inches; beak chrome-yellow, with a clear triangular black 

 mark extending about halfway down the culmen ; irides 

 crimson. 



118. Centropus superciliosus, Riipp. White-eyebrowed 

 Bush-Cuckoo. 



This is the common Centropus about Durban. I shot a 



