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Centropus senegalensis , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 187; — 

 F. & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. p. 526 (partim); — Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1873, p. 617; ~ Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 149. 



Centropus monachus, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Cuculi, p. 72 

 (partim). 



Hab. West Africa, from the Senegal to the Quauza; 

 North Eastern , Eastern and Southern Africa. 



Collected along the St. Paul's and at Grand Cape Mount. 



As only adult specimens were collected , I cannot add 

 anything to the knowledge of the group, united by Schle- 

 gel , Fiusch and Hartlaub , but again considered to be 

 three different species by recent authors. All my Liberian 

 specimens have a green gloss on head and neck. 



The cry of this as well as of the preceding species , has 

 earned them the name of ^^Doodoo" amongst the Natives 

 and the Liberian settlers. It lives in brushwood and is 

 regularly found in the vicinity of human habitations. 



Iris red , bill black , feet lead-color. 



Phoenicophaës a en e us. 



Cuculus aereusy Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. VIII. 

 p. 229. 



Zandostomus aereus, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 187; — 

 F. & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. p. 525 (part.) ; — Rchw. J. f. 0. 

 1875, p. 2; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 147. 



PJioenicophaës Jlavirostris (Swains.), Schl. Mus. P.-B. Cu- 

 culi, p. 50. 



CeiUhmochares aeneus , Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 610; 

 id. Layard's Birds S. Afr. pi. 5. 



Hab, West Africa, from Senegarabia to Angola. 



Collected along the Fisherman Lake. 



Only blue specimens were obtained. Since Prof. Schlegel 

 has separated the western form (Jlavirostris) from the 

 southern {aereus) 1. c, there has been obtained in 1872, 

 a very pronounced glossy green specimen, not distinguish- 

 able from the South African bird, said to come from the 



Pfotes from the Leyden Museum , "Vol. VII. 



