ART. 17 EAST AFRICAN VERTEBRATES LOVERIDGE 41 



An adult brought in four days ago had its leg strained or other- 

 wise injured, presumably by the snare ; it never recovered. (Dodoma, 

 7. viii. 26.) 



CENTROPUS SUPERCBLIOSUS LOANDAE C. Grant 

 CENTRAL AFRICAN WHITE-BROWED COUCAL 



LAMPROMORPHA KLASSI (Stephens) 



WHITE-BREASTED EMERALD CUCKOO 



INDICATOR INDICATOR (Spairman) 



BLACK-THROATED HONEY GUIDE 

 TRICHOLAEMA LACRYMOSUM LACRYMOSUM Cabanis 



SPOTTED-FLANKED BARBET 



None of the foregoing survived many days. The single coucal from 

 Bahi had had its flight and tail feathers plucked out; the honey guide 

 seemed ill. A pair each of the emerald cuckoos and barbets were 

 brought in. 



TRICHOLAEMA DIADEMATUM MASSAICUM (Reichenow) 



MASSAI RED-FRONTED BARBET 



Two birds, when brought in to-day, promptly attacked some 

 papaw fruit which was placed in their cage. (Dodoma, 5. vii. 26.) 



But, like their predecessors, did not survive long. (Dodoma, 

 14. vii. 26.) 



TRACHYPHONUS EMINI Reichenow 



EMIN PASHA'S BARBET 



Last month fully 50 of these handsome, cheery birds were brought 

 in; they lived a few days, but invariably died. About the middle of 

 June we refused to buy any more and then found that there were a 

 dozen hardy survivors eating papaw, banana, tomatoes, and rice. 

 The reason for the grievous mortality may be attributed to the mode 

 of capture; these birds sleep, and are said to nest also, in burrows with 

 a vertical shaft. The natives pour water into these holes until the 

 half-drowned occupants are forced to emerge. This must naturally 

 take place either late at night or in the early morning, when it is very 

 cold at this altitude (3,700 feet). As these birds feed readily enough 

 when brought in, one may reasonably suppose their subsequent death 

 is due to chill. They are extraordinarily active, and it is a matter of 

 no little difficulty to open a cage without one or more escaping. 



As mentioned elsewhere,* I once found this species nesting in a 

 hollow tree at Dodoma, but as such are scarce in thorn scrub, and 



* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1922, p. 853. 



