South-eastern Sierra Leone. 219 



17. DENDROCYCNA V1DUATA. 



Dendrocyyna viduata (L.) j Salvad. Cat. B. xxvii. p. 142 

 (1898); Sharpe, Haud-1. B.i. p. 214 (1899) ; Reichen. Vog. 

 Afrikas, i. p. 124 (1900). 



Rotifimk, November 1902. 



At Rotifunk this Tree-Duck was plentiful. 



18. Phalacrocokax africanus. 



Phalacrocorax africanus (Gm.) ; Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 407 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 234 (1899) ; Reichen. Vog. 

 Afrikas, i. p. 93 (1900). 



Rotifunk, November 1902. 



Bo, April 1901. 



19. Plotus rufus. 



Plotus rufus Daud. ; Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 412 (1898) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 236 (1899). 



Anhinga rufa Reichen. Yog. Afrikas, i. p. 95 (1900). 

 Rotifunk, November 1902. 



20. POLYBOROIDES TYPICUS. 



Pohjboroides typicus Smith ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 48 (1874) ; 

 id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 244 (4899); Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, i. 

 p. 531 (1901). 



Moyamba, August 1902. Iris, bill, and claws black; 

 feet and face lemon-yellow: bare skin round the nostrils 

 pale violet flesh-coloured. 



Bo, May and August 1903 and February 1904. 



Gerihun, August 1903. 



The specimen obtained in February was found robbing, 

 one after another, the nests of Hyphantornis cucullatus, 

 inserting its bill into each nest. While acting thus the Hawk 

 is able to hover without using its feet, after the manner of a 

 H umming-bird. 



21. ASTUR MACROSCELIDES. 



Astur castanilius pt. Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 248 (1899). 

 Astur tachiro castanilius Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 554 

 (1901). 

 An adult bird from Mission Creek, Rotifunk, June 1902. 



