Birds of Irene. 75 



450. Triuhol^ma lp^ucomelas. (Pied Barbet.) 

 (a) 21.5.04. 

 Fairly common. 



458. Trachyphonus cafer. (Levaillant's Barbet.) 

 (a) ?. 16.4.04. 

 In stomach vegetable matter. 



This large Barbet is rare here. I have seen it on a few 

 occasions in the trees along the river. 



466. Chrysococcyx cupreus. (Didiic Cuckoo.) 



(a) juv. 27.1.04. Iris greyish brown ; bill orange-red ; 

 legs dusky. 



(b)(c). 



This is the commonest bird here during the summer months 

 with the exception, perhaps, of the Weaver Birds. This year 

 they arrived in large numbers on the 22nd Oct., the same day 

 on which the European Bee-eater arrived. Last year they 

 arrived on the 11th Oct. They usually go north in March 

 or earlier, but I have seen a single specimen near here as late 

 as the 18th April. 



468. CoccYSTES jacobinus. (Black-and-White Cuckoo.) 



(a) 6.1.04. 



This bird is not very common here. It is very noisy ; 

 generally seen in pairs or small parties in Acacia bush near 

 the river. Last year the first ones arrived on the 22nd Oct., 

 and this year I saw them on the 26th Oct. 



472. Centropus burchelli. (Burchell's Coucal.) 



(a) ? . 6.2.04. 



In stomach insects. 



Not common, or at least not often seen ; frequenting thick 

 bush along the river. I recently saw one perched on a tree 

 in the open 500 yards from the river; but this is very unusual, 

 as they rarely leave the neighbourhood of water. 



491. Strix flammea. (Barn Owl.) 

 (a) ? . 25.6.04. 



Common around farm-buildings, it is said to kill a great 

 number of young pigeons in their nests. 



