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185. Centropus seneg-alensis senegalensis. Senegal Lark- 

 heeled Cuckoo. 



Cuculus senegalensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 169 : Senegal. 



a. ? ad. Kamchuru, 3250 ft. Feb. 12. 



Total length in flesh : 16 inches. Wing : 168 mm. 



[Irides red; bill black ; legs and toes plumbeous, middle 

 claw white. Four only were seen at Kamchuru.] 



The large series in the British Museum collection shows 

 that this bird ranges from Senegal to the mouth of the 

 Congo River, eastwards across the Niger, upper Nile, 

 upper Congo, and Uganda to Somaliland ; its place in 

 Egypt being taken by a larger race : — 



Centropus senegalensis ^gyptius. 



Cuculus (egyptius Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 1788, p. 420 : 

 Egypt. 



Size much larger than in C. s. senegalensis ; top of: head 

 and nape much duller and more sooty in colour ; mantle 

 and inner secondaries olive-brown, contrasting with the 

 chestnut flight-feathers. 



Range. Egypt only. 



And to the south its place is taken by : — 



Centropus senegalensis flecki. 



Centropus flecki Reichw. Orn. Monatsb. 1893, p. 84 : 

 Nukana, in northern Bechuanaland Protectorate. 



Very similar to C. s. senegalensis, but mantle and inner 

 secondaries generally clear chestnut, as are the flight- 

 feathers ; in C. 3. senegalensis the mantle and inner secon- 

 daries are more or less washed with olivaceous, contrasting 

 slightly with the flight-feathers ; size on the average perhaps 

 rather larger than C. s. senegalensis, but not approaching 

 anywhere near to the size of C. s. (Egyptius. 



Range. North of Lake Nyasa and North-eastern Rhodesia, 

 to Mashonaland, Matabeleland, Lake Ngami, Zambesi 

 River, and the Transvaal. 



The ETood series in the British Museum collection shows 



