234 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



C. erythrops. The eggs vary in colour, from pure blue 

 to greenish blue or pinkish, with reddish-brown and greyish 

 spots. 



The young of this species is quite different in coloration 

 from that of C. klaasi. 



Localities. Kyetema, Butarabala, and Buddu, in Uganda. 



Chrysococcyx klaasi. 



S 1-4. 4.i. 10; 7.xi. 14; 14. vii. 12 ; 26.ix. 10. 



Not so common in Uganda as in British East Africa. 

 We have found the eggs of this Cuckoo in the nests of the 

 following species : — Tchitrea viridis, Camaroptera tincta, 

 Cisticola erythrops. Young birds, when first hatched, are 

 almost black in colour. They have been seen in January, 

 February, May, and July. 



Localities. Sezibwa River, Kyetema, Jinja, in Uganda ; 

 Kano and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Metallococcyx smaragdineus. 



S' 1-4. 7. x. 14 ; 20. vi. 14 ; 3. iii. 12 ; 15. x. 14. 



?. 7. v. 14. 



Not very common. They were seen in the more open 

 forests and wood-lands. We have not taken their eggs, but 

 procured young in May. 



Localities. Mabira, Kasala, Nam wave, and Mubango 

 Forests, in Uganda. 



Indicator major. 



S . 28. ix. 10. 



A male in breeding condition was obtained in September, 

 and an egg of this species from the nest of Campothera nubica. 

 Locality. Mubendi, in Uganda. 



Indicator variegatus. 



c? 1-2; nestling ? 1. 22. iii. 12; 23. ii. 11 ; 23. iii. 12. 



Fairly common. Eggs were obtained from nests of 

 Mesopicus centralis and Earbatula leucolaima. A nestling 

 was taken from a nest of M. centralis in February. 



Localities. Kaina and Butunzi, in Uganda ; Kyambu, in 

 British East Africa. 



