collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 231 



Nestliugs are covered almost entirely with long quills, 

 each of which is provided with a long cream-coloured hair, 

 three-quarters of an inch in length. The young, when 

 disturbed, make a hissing wheezing noise. 



Localities. Toro and Bale, in Uganda; Kano and Nairobi, 

 in British East Africa. 



Ceuthmochares aereus intermedius. 



S 1-7. 19.xii. 11; 7.xi. 14; IS.xii. 13; 14. x. 13 ; 

 20. iv. 12. 



? 1-2 ; nestling 1. 14. xii. 13 ; 7. xi. 14. 



Several examples of the Yellow-billed Coucal were obtained 

 from the forests in Uganda. In habits they are like other 

 birds of this group. A nestling obtained in November is 

 very like an adult in coloration, but is much darker; the 

 grey of the head and neck being- washed with olive-green, 

 and the wings and tail are dark bluish green. The bill is 

 horn-brown, the feet blackish. 



Localities. Mubango, Mabira, Kyetema, and Sezibwa 

 River, in Uganda. 



Clamator cafer. 



J 1-3. 15. v. 10; 14.i. 10; 19. xii. 11. 

 S 1-2. 20.iii.l0; 30. iii. 10. 



The Black-crested Cuckoo was met with in the scrub and 

 acacia country, in pairs or in small parties. 



Young birds in first plumage were shot in November. 



Birds from Uganda, on the whole, are smaller than those 

 from further south. Two specimens have almost uniform 

 black throats. 



Localities. Nakaina, Bwera, Kyetema, and Harubale, in 

 Uganda. 



Clamator glandarius. 



? 1-2. 25.vii. 12; 18. v. 10. 



These birds were seen in pairs in the scrub-country. 

 They are noisy creatures. 



Localities. Gondokoro, in Uganda ; Kano, in British East 

 Africa. 



