428 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graut on 



80. CoCCYSTES GLANDARIUS. 



Coccystes glandarius Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 212 

 (1891) ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 24. 



a. ? . Kaka, 22nd April. No. 392. 



b. S' Goz-Abu-Gunuir, 19th May. No. 517. 



Iris hazel; bill blackish, ochreous at base of lower inau- 

 dible ; legs aud feet ashen. 



[The Great Spotted Cuckoo was not at all common. — • 

 R. M. H.] 



81. Centropus SUPERCILIOSUS. 



Centropus superciliosus Hempr. & Ehr. ; Grant & Reid, 

 p. 670; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 24. 



a. (J . Ed-Duem, 22nd ]\ray. No. 537. 



Iris bright red ; bill black ; legs and feet olivaceous. 



[I only saw the White-eyebrowed Lark-heeled Cuckoo 

 once.— R. M. H.] 



82. Centropus monachus. 



Centropus monachus (Rlipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900^ p. 310. 



a. S ' Kaka, 7th May. No. 443. 



Iris crimson ; bill, legs, and feet black. 



[The Purple-headed Lark-heeled Cnckoo was very common 

 along the river and khors. It lived amongst the long flags. — 

 E. M. H.] 



83. COLIUS MACRURUS. 



Colius macriirus (Linn.) j Witherby, p. 264 ; Grant & 

 Reid, p. 670. 



Colius macrourus pulcher Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 190. 



a-c. S ? • Kaka, 17th April & 1st May. Nos. 379, 

 380, 416. 



Iris hazel ; bill red, black at tip ; legs and feet purplish red. 



The three birds before us have the forehead very faintly 

 tinged with fulvous and are scarcely distinguishable in this 

 respect from what Mr, Neumann calls C. macrowms pulcher. 

 We are inclined to believe that the fulvous colouring of the 

 forehead in some individuals is adventitious and probably due 

 to something on which the birds feed : it is apparently not 

 caused by different surroundings. 



