614 Mr. F. J. Jackson ow Birds 



is moultini!: from a blue head into an olive-green one : this 

 shews that ('. gmrulus has a dull-crowned winter plumage. 

 C. loqua.v, Licht. is to be added as a synonym of C. yar- 

 rulus. — R. B. S.] 



267. EURYSTOMUS AFER. 



Eurystomus afer, var. rufohuccalis Reichen. ,T. f. O. 1892, 

 p. 27 (Manjongo, Uganda). 



Eurystomus afer (Lath.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afr. p. 125, fig. 58 (1894) ; Hartert, Ansoi'ge's African Sun, 

 p. 332 (1899 : Kampala; Kibwesi) ; id. Nov. Zool. vii. p. 33 

 (1900: Kilgurma, Uganda) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 209; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 109 (Entebbe). 



a. ? ad. Samia, Kavi rondo, Nov. 13, 1894. Bill 

 yellow ; feet scaly greenish horn-coloured ; iris brown. 



b. ? ad. Kampala, March 20, 1895. 



c. d. (^ ? ad. Kampala, April 2, 1895. 



Nos. 525, 526. ^ ? ad. Ravine, March 8, 1897. 



These birds are generally found singly or irf pairs, wdien 

 they take up some commanding position on a dead tree 

 from which they watch for and swoop down on their prey of 

 insects, which they take on the wdng. They are often noticed 

 high up in the air hawking for insects, twisting and turning 

 about like a Pratincola. They are very noisy, and invariably 

 attack any bird of prey that approaches them. In the 

 stomach of the male was a large locust. Insects in others. 



No. 989. S ad. Nandi, April 15, 1898. 



No. 1213. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 15, 1898. 



a. Juv. ? 



[Two specimens from Nandi are identified by Mr. Oscar 

 Neumann as E. 7'ufobuccalis of Reichenow. They are rather 

 light cinnamon, and have dull blackish central tail-feathers 

 and upper tail-coverts ; the sides of the face shew very 

 little lilac gloss. In looking over the large series of skins 

 of E. afer in the British Museum, I find considerable varia- 

 tion in respect to the brilliancy of the plumage, and the 

 darkest birds are from the forest regions ; but it is decidedly 

 curious that all the three specimens of E. rufobucculis as 



