670 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



186. Centropus superciliosus. 



Centropus superciliosus (H. & E.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 310 ; 1901, p. 289. 



a. ? . Dalado, S. Abyssinia, 14tli Dec. No. 239. 



b. ^ . Tadejemulka, S. Abyssinia, 5th Mar. No. 618. 



c. ? . Monlou River, S. Abyssinia, 15th Mar. No. 681. 



d. ? . Hoorsa, S. Abyssinia, 22nd Mar. No. 719. 

 Iris red ; bill black ; legs slate-blue, 



[The White-eyebrowed Lark-heeled Cuckoo was very 

 common, and frequented the dense reedy and jungly edges 

 of lakes and. rivers. The note sounds like water poured out 

 of a narroXv-necked bottle. — A. E. P.] 



187. COLIUS LEUCOTIS. 



Colius leucotis (Rlipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 310; 1901, 

 p. 289. 



a. S • Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 24th Nov. No. 102. 



Iris brown; bill dark slate-coloured, light on the base of 

 the culraen ; legs red. 



[The White-eared Coly was very common and invariably 

 to be seen in large companies of individuals flying one after 

 another from bush to bush, the last leaving with apparent 

 reluctance. — A. E. P.] 



188. COLIUS MACRURUS. 



Colius macrurus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 345 (1892); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 502; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 77; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 289. 



a. ^ . Kassam River, S. Abyssinia, 21st Dec. No. 276. 



Iris brown ; naked skin round eye dark red ; bill red at 

 base, black at the tip ; legs dull red. 



[The Blue-naped Coly was not nearly so numerous as 

 C. leucotis ; it is a stronger bird on the wing. — A. E. P.] 



189. Cypselus melba. 



Micropus melba (Linn.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 438 (1892). 



a. S . Aila, S. Abyssinia, 3rd Feb. No. 439. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



