404 Lieut. C. W. Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Iris daric ; l)ill black, cere orange ; legs orange. 



I also saw the African Falconet at Koru Halt near 

 Muhoroni, Their habits, from the little I saw of them, 

 were more those of a Shrike than of a Hawk. 



Aviceda cuculoides verreauxi. 



Aviceda verreauxi Lafr. Rev. Zool, 1846, p. 130 [Port 

 Natal]. 



Baza verreauxi Reichw. Vog. Afr. i. 1901, p. 619. 



Imm. Thika. September. Wing 295 mm. 



This was the only example of the Cuckoo-Falcon secured 

 or noticed. It is in immature plumage, with the back and 

 head brown interspersed with dark blue feathers. This 

 specimen is named on locality only. 



Though the adults of A. c. euculuides from West Africa 

 are easily distinguishable from A. c. verreauxi of South and 

 East Africa, I can see no difference between the immature 

 birds except that A. c. cuculoides has a tendency to darker 

 coloration earlier. I certainly think A., c. verreauxi is 

 merely a form of the other, and not a separate species. 



Machaerhamphus anderssoni. 



Strijigonyx anderssoni Gurney, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 618 

 [Damaraland] . 



Mach(Erhamphus anderssoni Reichw. Vog. Afr.i. I900,p.596. 

 ? . Tsavo River. 12th August. Wing 364 mm. 



Iris yellow ; bill black ; legs slate. 



I saw only one example of this bird. I was standing 

 outside my tent after dinner, watching some large bats. 

 I determined to shoot one, and picked up a collector's gun ; 

 as I did so, a large Hawk came past me going very fast, 

 and I was lucky enough to kill it with a snap-shot. It was 

 also undoubtedly after the bats. 



The whole plumage is sooty-black, all the feathers having 

 white bases, which show through in places, especially on 

 the throat, down which, however, there is a central line of 

 blacker feathers. There are four specimens in the British 

 Museum, and one from Kampala in Uganda matches my 

 bird well. 



