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to the ground, but it dodged three of them for quite a couple 

 of hundred yards before they managed to catch it. 



178. Centropus monachus (Riipp.). 

 a. ? . Lake No, 9. 2. 06. 



I am indebted to M. de Vilmorin for this specimen. 



One species of Centropus was common in the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal from Meshra to Chak Chak, but I can find no note 

 of having identified it. 



179. COCCYSTES GLANDARIUS (LinU.). 



a. S ■ Erkowit, 25.3.06. 



b. Dud Majok, 31.3.07. 



Scarce. Those noted above, and two or three seen near 

 Renk on the White Nile in March 1905, are the only 

 specimens that I have seen in the last three years. 



180. CoccYSTES JACOBiNus (Bodd.). 

 a. ? . Bor, Upper Nile, 7. 5. 06. 

 0. ^ . ,, jj ,, 



On October 5th, 1905, Mr. W. G. Percival brought me 

 alive a newly fledged Pied Crested Cuckoo, obtained just 

 north of Khartoum. Argya acacicB (Licht.) would, in this 

 locality, seem the most probable foster-parent. For the two 

 specimens from Bor I am indebted to Mr. G. B. Middleton. 



181. CucuLUs CANORUS Linn. 



I saw two or three Common Cuckoos at Amien in the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal on April 10th. They kept uttering the first 

 note only of their familiar call. 



182. Chrysococcyx klaasi (Steph.). 



a. ? . Khor Gitti, 31.1.07. 



b. ? juv. „ „ 



The only examples that I noticed. 



183. Indicator sparrmani Stephen. 

 a. ^ . Pongo River, 5. 2. 07. 



^. ?. 



c. S' NearWau, 28.1.07. 



d. ? . Pongo River, 6. 2. 07. 



This Honey-Guide was a common bird along ray route in 



