366 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds obsei'ved 



rather a shy bird^ the note and habits being the same as those 

 of U. epops. 



Irrisor cyanomelas, V. 



c? . Bamangwato, August 5th, 1873. 



Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 



Fairly common through the Bamangwato and Matabili 

 countries ; and I fancy I have seen it along the Limpopo river. 

 A good account of its habits will be found in Andersson^s 

 ' Birds of Damara Land/ 



SCHIZORHIS CONCOLOR (Sw.). 



«, ? . Transvaal, July 1st, 1873. 



Beak and legs black; iris dark hazel. 



A very common species throughout the Transvaal and up 

 to the Matabili countiy. They go about in small flocks ; and 

 their peculiar cry, something like the mewing of a cat, often 

 betrays their presence. They often raise and lower the crest, 

 and are not very easy to see by reason of their colour. 



Centropussenegalensis(L.); Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 617. 



S . River Palatzi, Bamangwato, October 20th, 1873. 



Beak black; legs dark grey; iris crimson. 



First observed on the Crocodile river, but was also found 

 in all suitable places as far into the Matabili as I went. 

 Being fond of hiding itself, it is not often seen unless acci- 

 dentally flushed ; but its loud note betrays its presence. It 

 inhabits the thick reeds and bushes wherever there is water, 

 far from which it is never found. 



Centropus superciliosus, H. &E. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 620. 



c? . Transvaal, July 5th, 1873. 



Beak and legs black ; iris dark red. 



I confounded this species with C. senegalensis, its note, 

 and, as far as I know, its habits and localities being the same 

 as those of that bird. 



CucuLus GULARis (Stcph.) ; Sharpc, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 585. 



d . River Meathly, Bamangwato, October 24th, 1873. 



The tip and most of upper mandible black, the rest orange- 

 yellow ; legs chrome-yellow ; iris dead gold ; cere yellow. 



