242 ]\Ir. Y. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



breeding in March and June. Young birds were taken 

 in October, 



These Rollers have a peculiar odour, very like curry- 

 powder. They feed largely on locusts, grasshoppers, butter- 

 flies, and other insects, and I have seen them catch and eat 

 small finches and lizards. 



Localities. Butikiro, in Uganda ; Kano and Embu, in 

 British East Africa. 



Enrystomus afer. 

 cJ & ? . 2. vii. 09. 



These birds are typical E. afer, having intensely violet- 

 blue cheeks and ear-coverts. Occasionally seen in pairs. 

 Locality. Nabugabo, in Uganda. 



Eurystomus afer rufobuccalis. 



S 1-3. 5.xi.09; 8.iii.l2; 17.iv. 11. 



Breeding birds were shot in March, and eggs taken from 

 their nesting-hole in a decaying tree. In these birds the 

 purple is confined to the throat and under-surface, and does 

 not extend on to the cheeks. 



Locality. Kabulamuliro, Toro, and Kagera, in Uganda. 



Eurystomus gularis neglectus. 



Eurystomus gularis neglectus Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. xvi. 

 1908, p. 28 : Angola. 



(? & ? . 10.iii.14. 



A fine pair of these western birds in full fresh plumage 

 was obtained on the outskirts of the forest. They agree 

 perfectly with birds from the typical locality. The upper 

 tail-coverts are blue and the central tail-feathers dark 

 blue. 



Locality. Mabira Forest, in Uganda. 



Bucorvus cafer. 



A small flock w^as seen by the Ravine road in a forest- 

 clearing ; one was obtained, but it was not injured badly, so 

 was kept alive and is doing well in confinement. 



Locality. Ravine, in British East Africa. 



