1921.] collected in Southern Cameroon. 89 



on tlie back (specimens No3. 3044, 3141, and the bird 

 obtained by Bates at Efulen, B. M. Reg. No. 1903. 

 7.16.30, erroneously named C. clamosus hj Sliarpe 

 in 'The Ibis' (1904, p. 614). 



3. The third represents the almost adult stage; the under- 

 parts have lost all trace of the black feathers except 

 on the thighs, the breast is creamy-buff barred with 

 black and the chin and throat chestnut barred 

 Avith black. Tiie u])per parts are glossy throughont 

 (specimens Nos. 4411, 3616, 4091, and 951 [Bates 

 Cameroon coll.], No. 14, ex Shelley coll. from 

 Landana, ;ind specimen 1919.10.12.46, Poko, Uele, 

 Dr. C. Christy coll.). 



4'. In the fourth we see the fully adult bird which has lost 

 all trace of barring on the throat, which is now 

 uniform chestnut (specimens No. 4291 [Bates coll.] ; 

 No. 805, Landana [Shelley coll.] ; and two birds col- 

 lected m Gaboon, Danger 11. [Ansell], "Gaboon" 

 [Verrcaux]). The ground-colour of the breast is 

 creatny-l)uff, and the under tail-coverts are uniform 

 bull", with little trace of barring. 



The range oi C.g. gabonensis appears to be from Cameroon, 

 through Gaboon south to Landana just north of the mouth 

 of the Congo River, and eastward to the northern Belgian 

 Congo, Uele River district. 



CUCULUS SOLITARIUS. 



\_Cuculus solitarius Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. ix. 

 1815, p. 84 — Type locality : Caffraria (i. e. Eastern Cape 

 Colony) ex Levailiant.] 



Next we will deal with Cuculus solitarius, another Cuckoo 

 which ranges throughout Africa and occurs in Cameroon. 

 Mr. Bates's last collection contains very young birds of this 

 species, which shows that it should never be confused with 

 C. gabonensis. In the British Museum we have a large 

 series of this bird : — 89 in adult plumage and 14 in 



