collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 233 



an almost uniform black bird to those with barred under 

 surfaces and throats washed with chestnut. 



Localities. Nairobi, in British East Africa ; Kyetema, in 

 Uganda. 



Cuculus solitarius. 



S 1-4. 26.iv.10; 26. iv. 10 ; 20.iii. 10; 27.vii.09. 



? 1-2; nestlings 1-2; imm. 1-2. 6. x. 14 ; 7. xi.l4; 

 30.vi.l2; 25.vi. 10; 5. v. 14. 



This is the commonest Cuckoo in Uganda, next to 

 C. canorus (ivhen this latter is on migration). It is a 

 noisy bird, and during the breeding-season becomes a 

 nuisance, because of its incessant call. It inhabits the 

 more open wooded country, plantations, and scrub-lands. 

 We have taken their eggs in February, May, and July, 

 and young in May and June, from the nests of Motacilla 

 vidua, Pycnonotus micrus, P. barbatus minor, and Bleda 

 flavigula. 



Localities. Sezibwa River, Mabira, Kyetema, Kivuvu, 

 and Nakaina, in Uganda. 



Cuculus canorus. 



(J & ? . From July to February, 1906-1914. 



A common bird on migration, always noisy when just 

 about to migrate north. 



Localities. Mabira, Toro, Kabulamuliro, and Kyetema, in 

 Uganda. 



Chrysococcyx cupreus. 



S 1-6. 12. i. 12 ; 30. viii. 06 ; 30. viii. 06 ; 28. iv. 12 ; 

 20.vii. 10. 



? 1-4, & nestling. 23. iii. 09 ; 30. x. 09 ; 15. xi. 10 ; 

 30. viii. 06. 



The Bronze Cuckoo is extremely common. It is usually 

 met with on the outskirts of forests, in plantations, and 

 in the scrub-country. We took its eggs from the nests 

 of Tchitrea cristata, Cisticola cinerascens, C. ambigua, and 



