Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 417 



Central, East, and North-east Africa (Suakim, Abys- 

 sinia, Bahr-el-Grhazal, Somaliland, Uganda, Upper 

 Congo, and British East Africa). 

 S ad. 205-191, juv. 198-196 ; ? ad. 203-182, jav. 192- 



183 ; one adult not sexed reaches 216 mm. 

 November, December, January, February, March, and 

 April. 



Tangier and Egypt, 



<S ad. 213-208, juv. 213-207; ? ad. 201, juv. 197 mm. 

 March, one nearly fledged young bird in the same month. 



Europe and Asia (Spain, Asia Minor, Persian Gulf, and 

 Cyprus). 



S ad. 217-196, juv. 203 ; ? ad. 201-197, juv. 202 mm. 



January, March, April, and May. One April female 

 taken at Seville is breeding, and one nearly fledged young 

 from the same locality in June. 



The evidence appears to point to the southern African 

 bird eventually becoming a smaller and specialized form. 



182. Chrysococcyx caprius. Golden Cuckoo. 



Cuculus caprius Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enlum. 1783, p. 40 : 

 Cape of Good Hope ; cf. Moutbcillard, Hist. Nat. vol. vi. 

 1779, p. 385. 



a. S imm. Loita, 6300 ft. Nov. 27. 



Total length in flesh : 7| inches. Wing : 111 mm. 



This single specimen is in fresh new dress and still retains 

 some of the secondaries and wing-coverts of the first 

 plumage, showing that the full adult dress is assumed at 

 the first moult. 



[Irides brown, eyelids red ; bill dark brown, lower 

 mandible whitish at base; legs and toes black. The Golden 

 Cuckoo was only twice seen in British East Africa.] 



In checking the nomenclature, I find that Boddaert's 

 spelling of the name founded on D'Aubenton^s plate (which 

 is an excellent representation of the Golden Cuckoo) is 

 "caprius," and therefore the ''cMprews" Bodd. of authors 

 is non-existent. Sherborn, in his 'Index Animalium,' 1902, 

 p. 174, also quotes Boddaert's name as Cuculus caprius. 



