Ihc Birds of St. Lucia Lake, Zn/u/and. 5.21 



Ckntkoplis senegalensis, (Lark-heeled Cuckoo.) 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard^s B. S. A£r. p. 162. 

 Very plentiful and remarkably tame, even coming to our 

 tent to eat porridge thrown out to them. 



Ceuthmochares austkalis. (South African Coucal.) 



Op. cit. p. 161, pi. V. fig. 1. 



Like a Loury this bird cree[)s about the branches of the 

 trees. It has a peculiar long-drawn cry, preceded by a loud 

 clucking note. 



PoGONORiiYNcnu.s TOKQUATUs. ( Black-coila I'cd Barbet.) 



Op. cit. p. ] 72. 



Abundant. 



Barbatula bilineata. (Bridled Barbet.) 



Op. cit. p. 17G. 



Abundant. We observed that the cry of this bird exactly 

 resembles the metallic note of the Tinker Barbet {B.pusilla), 

 which is not found in this district. 



Campothera abingtoni. (Golden-tailed Woodpecker.) 



Op. cit. p. 182. 



This is the only Woodpecker wc saw in the district. 



CossYPHA bicolor. (Noisy Chat-Thrush.) 

 Op. cit. p. 222. 



We call this species the ^' Natal Mocking-bird/' as it 

 imitates the cries of a number of birds. 



CossYPHA CAFFRA. (Cape Chat-Thrush.) 



Op. cit. p. 224. 



Common. 



Pycnonotus layardi. (Layard's Bulbul.) 

 Op. cit. p. 815. 



Pycnonotus capensis. (Cape Bulbul.) 

 Both these Bulbuls are plentiful here. 



Phyllostrephus capensis. (Cape Bristle-necked Thrush.) 



Op. cit. p. 203. 



Plentiful. 



