— ii8 — 



Observation. — A race ('. cristiita valensis has been described 

 by Mearns (Smit/is. Mise. Coll., vol. LX\', n" 13, 1915, p. 5) trom 

 the Yala river, Kavirondo. Mr. W. L. Sci.atkk tells me that tliis 

 race is only knowii trom tlie type and is of doubtfid status ! 



Fa.mii.v CUCULIDAE. 



Cuculus canorus gularis. 



Ciiciilus guliiris Sthphens in Shaw's Gen. Zool., IX, 1815, p. 83, 

 pi. 17. — 'i'ype locality : Camdeboo (Cape Colony;. 



An undoubted example of the South African Cuckoo was shot 

 bv LowE at Iju water works on I5th January, 1920. It is distin- 

 guished easilv from migratorv examples of C. canonis canorus by 

 the usuallv much finer and paler barring on the undersurface and 

 bv the colouring of the bill ; the basai half of the upper mandible 

 and ail but the tip of the lower mandible being vellow in C. c git- 

 laris, black in C. c. catiorus. The tvpical species is moreover 

 larger. 



Range. — The distribution of C. c. giilaris is not thoroughly 

 understood. In the British Muséum \ve hâve South African spéci- 

 mens from Mashonaland, N. and S. Khodesia, Port. East Africa 

 and Damaraland (the tvpe came from Cape Colonv). 



From the Northern part of Africa it is represented from Bahr- 

 el-Ghazal, Kenya Colonv, Soinaliland, Uganda, Niam-Niam, Bel- 

 gian Congo, Gambia and Southern Nigeria. 



Observation. — It mav be of interest hère to note the localities 

 in Africa from which \ve hâve spécimens of the tvpical Cuculus 

 canorus canorus. They are as follows : Tangiers, Tunis, Egvpt, 

 Sudan, Red Sea Coast, Uganda, Brit. Central Africa, White Nile, 

 Abyssinia, Somaliland, Kenva Colonv, N. Belgian Congo, Gold 

 Coast, Nyasaland, N. Khodesia, Port. E. Africa, Zambesi, Trans- 

 vaal, Damaraland, and Cape Colony. From which it will b.e seen 



