210 Mr. L. B. Mouritz on the 



ordinary kopje, that these gorgeous birds should be looked 

 for. G. poiyhyreolophus differs from the Zambesi bird, 

 G. chlorochlamys, in having the back and breast washed 

 with pink. 



81. X Centropus senegalensis. Senegal Coucal. 



Sind. ''imfugu." 



This is a resident species oi Vlci Lourie, as these Coucals 

 are locally called/whieli is not uncommon in the valleys 

 away in the hills. It is a skulking bird, and, as a rule, 

 frequents the thickest vegetation along the rivers and 

 streams. Not having obtained specimens, I do not know 

 for certain to which species the local form is referable, but 

 as the Senegal Lourie occurs in the Bulavvayo and Mangwe 

 districts, it seems highly probable that the Matopo bird is 

 the same. 



8.2. X Clamator cafer. Stripe-breasted Cuckoo. 

 Coccijstes cafer (Licht.) ; Scl. iii. p. 198. 

 One noticed on March 3, 1912, amid large trees round 

 the base of a kopje. 



83. Clamator jacoMnus. Black and White Cuckoo. 

 Coccijstes jacobinus (Bodd.) ; Scl. iii. p. 195. 

 Although probably not an uncommon visitor during the 



rains, 1 have but one record, namely, of a single one seen in 

 the hills on the 12th of February, 1912. 



84. X Cxiculus gularis. South African Cuckoo. 



In Febiuury 1912 I shot a young bird, just able to fly, 

 and which was being assiduously fed by the foster-parent, 

 lirythrupygia leucophrys. The Cuckoo was perched on the 

 top of a boulder at the base of a kopje. 



85. X Chrysococcyx cupreus. Golden Cuckoo. 



Mr. S. Luudy informs me that he procured a specimen 

 of the Golden Cuckoo on Vriegevicht farm early in 

 February 1912, whilst I have also heard of its occurrence 

 close to Bedza. At Bulawayo it is an uncommon visitor 

 during the rains. 



