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17, wing 4*0, tail 2'2, tarsus 0'5. {Type. Sipopo, Nov. 6, 

 1902.) 



This Kingfisher differs from its near ally H. badius in 

 its larger dimensions, and in the nearly square shape of the 

 speculum on the wings. 



It inhabits woods close to the sea. 



85. TlTllACUS MER1ANI (Rtipp.). 



Turacus meriani Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1G50 (189G). 



a. Ad. ? . Bakaki, Nov. 14, 1902. Iris brown ; eyelids 

 coral-red ; bill yellow, base of upper and lower mandibles 

 coral-red ; legs and feet black. 



b. Ad. $ . Bakaki, Nov. 19, 1902. 



c. Ad. 2 • Moka Lake, Dec. 12, 1902. 



Common in the wooded hills, and found in pairs which resort 

 to tall thick-leaved trees. The note is a guttural grunt, like 

 that of a bull-frog ; in the male it is louder and more pro- 

 longed. In the early morning, long before the mists had 

 cleared off the hills, we used to hear these peculiar cries, 

 sometimes almost in unison like the " gobbling " of many 

 Turkeys. 



86. CORYTH.EOLA CRISTATA (Vieill.). 



Corythaola cristata Schal. J. f. O. 188(5, p. 55 (Fernando 

 Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1660 (1896) ; Bocage, Jorn. 

 Lisb. (2) vii. p. 32 (1903: Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo 

 d. Guinea, iii. p. 118. 



Zizorhis yigantea Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. Niger, 

 ii. App. p. 50J< (18^8 : Fernando Po). 



Turacus giyanteus Hartl. J. f. O. 185 1, p. 125 (Fernando 

 Po) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 159 (1857). 



a. Ad. c? . Bilelipi, Nov. 25, 1902, 



Iris bright hazel; bill yellow, tip of bill black, fore-tip 

 banded with red; legs and feet dull blackish brown. 



Found amongst the hills in small parties. 



On the way up the mountain our " Boobie " hunter killed 

 one of these birds. Immediately others came round and 

 proved very bold, uttering the whole time hoarse croaks, 



