Birds from Camaroon. 357 



Lamprocolius glaucovirens. 



LamprocoUus glaucovirens Elliot; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 173, pi. vi. fig. 2 (1890). 



LamprocoUus splendidus (jlaucovirens Reichenow, Vog. 

 Afrikas, ii. p. 693 (1903). 



No. 1725. $ ad. River Ja, June 8, 1906. 



No. 2256. c? ad. Bitje, River Ja, Feb. 11, 1907. 



PiCATHARTES OREAS. 



Picathartes oreas Reichenow, Orn, MB. vii. p. 40 (1899); 

 id. Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 644 (1903). 



a. ? ad. Efulen, Nov. 27, 1902. " Kup-akok.'^ 



b,c. S; d, e,f. ? ad. Efulen, Dec. 1-4, 1902. 



g. S ad. Efulen, Jan. 15, 1902. 



No. 814. S ad. Efulen, July 5, 1905. 



" Kup-akok'^rr'^Fowl of the Rock.^' Bare skin of head 

 black, skin round eyes slaty blue in front, red behind. 



The nest sent home by Mr. Bates is composed of mud 

 and lined with fibre. The e^^^ is not unlike that of a 

 gigantic Nightjar, being white in the ground-colour and 

 mottled with brown all over the shell, with dark grey 

 underlying spots. 



The sexes seem to be alike in colour, but the female is a 

 trifle smaller. 



[This bird is called by the natives '' kup-akok " or " Rock 

 Fowl," from its breeding in rocky places. Its nest is 

 plastered to the side of a rock where there is a projecting 

 shelf above, so as to protect it from rain — in fact, this 

 bird builds in just such places as Swallows use. The natives 

 say that it makes a noise like the cackling of a fowl, but I 

 do not know its note. I have seen one skulking about near 

 its nesting-place, moving with a long, springing hop. The 

 food found in the stomachs was insects, some of them large, 

 and tiny snail-shells. The breeding-places of this bird are 

 in the depths of the forest. — G. L. B.] 



