392 Mr, Boyd Alexander on the 



which can be heard at a long distance and sound resonant in 

 the hill-valleys. 



By the white inhabitants this bird is generally known as 

 " pheasant/ - ' Native name " kee-so." 



The natives are fond of adorning their hats with the 

 pinion- and tail-feathers of this bird. 



87. Ceuthmochares ^eneus (Vieill.). 

 Ceuthmochares eeneus (Vieill.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. 



p. 7 (1895 : Santa Isabel, Fernando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 no. 1680 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 172 (1900) ; 

 Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 32 (1903 : Fernando Po) . 

 Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 118. 



Zanclostomus flavirostris Fraser (nee Swains.), P. Z. S. 

 1843, p. 52 (Fernando Po) ; Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. 

 Niger, ii. p. 221 (1841). 



a. Ad. ? . Basupu, Oct. 30, 1902. Bill yellow ; iris 

 claret-red ; soft parts blue. Iris of young bird brown ; 

 upper mandible brown, lower pale horn-coloured. 



b. Ad. S • Basupu, Oct. 31, 1902. 



c. Ad. £. Bakaki, Nov. 11, 1902. 



A common bird, haunting the thick trees, through which 

 it works its way with wonderful agility. The young were 

 abroad in November. Native name " Bu-e saw-e-saw." 



88. Chrysococcyx smaragdineus (Swains.). 

 Chrysococcyx smaragdineus Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. 



p. 11 (1895 : Fernando Po, observed) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 no. 1709 (1896) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 32 (1903 : 

 Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 118. 



Met alio coccyx smaragdineus Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 161 

 (1900). 



Ad. S ♦ Sipopo, Nov. 9, 1902. 



89. Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.). 



Chrysococcyx cupreus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1712 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 161 (1900); Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 

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

 Guinea, iii. p. 118. 



