Birds of Son til cm Kameriin. 13 



556. Glaucidium sjostedti. [Akung-iniukan.] 



Sharpe^ Ibis, 1907, p. 427. 



I obtained a female specimen, which had been taken on its 

 nest in a hollow tree in the forest, where it was sitting on 

 one egg. The hole in the tree in whieii it had been canght 

 was said to have been only about five feet from the ground. 

 The time of year was August (dry season). The bird had 

 been eating a wild mouse as well as beetles. The egg 

 measured 34 x 28 mm. 



[The egg is of a wide perfect oval shape, almost devoid of 

 gloss, and pure white. — O.-G.] 



612. TuRACUs ZENKKRi. [^Iba.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 435. 



This is the Touraeo of the .Ta, while T. meriani is that of 

 Efulen and the coast. When I have been walking along 

 the road going to Bitye, I have often carefully observed 

 where I first saw T. zenkeri, for the two species can be 

 distinguished at a distance, if seen plainly, by their crests. 

 Along the road T always saw the coast-species, and I think 

 that the domain of T. zeiikeri must begin about Bitye, but I 

 liave never found T. meriani there. There seems to be a 

 sharply defined boundary between them. 



A nest was found in August (dry season). It was in the 

 thick top of a low tree in a bit of forest near the village, at 

 the edge of a small stream. It was built of tiny dry twigs 

 laid loosely together, so that it fell to pieces when taken in 

 the hand. There were two eggs, both of vvhicli measured 

 37 X 29 mm. 



[Two eggs of a perfect oval shape, devoid of gloss, and of 

 a uniform creamy white. — O.-G.] 



615. Centropus monachus. [Du'u, or Esil.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 439. 



Female, with an egg in the oviduct, Bitye, July 30, 

 1906. 



As has been said (' Ibis,' 1907, p. 439), this species is a 

 characteristic bird of the second-growth trees and bushes 



