— 124 — 



Rnnge. — Sénégal, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, 

 Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria. 



Distinguishiiig characteis. — See C. Grant, /lus, 1915, p. 429 

 Mr. Cl, AIDE Grant lias dealt at It'iigth witli ail the otlier 

 races of this Coucal and their distinctive characters are clearlv 

 set forth in his report on the Cozens collection {Jhis, 19 15, 

 pp. 429-430). The Belgian Congo bird is C. a. ititermedius. See 

 also reniarks on East African fornis bv Van Someren. Nov. ZooL, 

 XXIX, 1922, p. 50. 



(A cominon species frequenting thick bush generallv, but also 

 seen in the open on two or three occasions : this 1 consider verv 

 unusual. — W. P, L.) 



Centropus epomidis. 



Cciitropus cptjiiiidis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., I, 1S50, p. 107. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Guinea. 



Two adult maie and female spécimens of this very rare Kufous- 

 bellied Coucal were obtained by Mr. Lowe at the Iju water works 

 near Lagos on the 26th Deceinber, 19 19 and 23rd Januarv, 1920. 

 Hitherto it was known onlv from the Gold Coast, a bird (now in 

 the British Muséum) having been obtained by Ussher at Fantee 

 and the other (recorded bv Reichenow) from Boutrv. 



The extension of this bird's range to Lagos is therefore of consi- 

 dérable interest. It mav be known bv its dark greenish head and 

 breast, tail and upp^r tail-coverts, the rest of the plumage being 

 rufous-chestnut. 



Range. — Gold Coast and Southern Nigeria. 



(Fairlv common in Bushv countrv, one of the birds commooly 

 known as « bush-fowl ». — \V. W L.) 



