20 LIST OF BIRDS 



les west from the Gallinas River , and not far inland from 

 the coast, is situated the Palma Lake, covered, especially 

 in its eastern part , with numerous islands , and forming 

 a conveniant abode for swamp- and water-birds. As the 

 oro- and hydrographical conditions of this territory are 

 the same as in Liberia and there being no important dif- 

 ference in latitude, it is evident that their fauna will be 

 principally the same. Amongst the few mammals sent by 

 Demery from the Sulymah River , there was not one which 

 had not been obtained in Liberia before and , with a few 

 exceptions , the same is the case with the birds from that 

 river, and even of these few exceptions it is by no means 

 certain that they are really wanting in the ornis of Liberia. 

 The species, ten in number, which hitherto have not 

 been found in Liberia , will be marked with an asterisk. 



1. Astur macroscelides (Hartl.). 



2. Baza cuculoides (Swains.). 



An adult male with a very distinct chestnut cross-band 

 on the hind neck , partially concealed under the elongated 

 crest-feathers , and the longest of the rufous under wing- 

 coverts barred with white. 



This specimen is somewhat paler than the adult male 

 I collected in Liberia and in which the under wing-coverts 

 are uniform rufous, while the chestnut neck-band is enti- 

 rely wanting. 1 believe the white bars on the under wing- 

 coverts as well as the red neck-band to be the last rem- 

 nants of the immature dress, these characteristical marks 

 also being found in an immature female from the Gold 

 Coast and two females of the South African form , known 

 as Baza verreauxi. 



The chief character , which distinguishes this latter form 

 from B. cuculoides^ is said to be the white-banded under 

 wing-coverts, and these bands existing in our nearly adult 

 West African male , will , therefore , loose a great deal of 

 specific value, the more as the » adult" specimen of Baza 

 verreauxi, figured in Sharpe's edition of Layard's Birds of 



Notes rrora ttie J-«eyden. M^useum, Vol. XIV. 



