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myself as to whether or not C. Burchellii is really distinct from 

 C. senegalensis ; and as this is the case, I have here followed the 

 nomenclature adopted by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub, as above 

 referred to. ED.] 



269. Coccystes glandarius (Linn.). Great Crested Cuckoo. 



Oxylophus glandarius, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 241. 



Gurney, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 



p. 3. 



Layard's Cat. No. 496. 



Coccystes glandarius, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vb'gel Ost-Afrika's, p. 518. 



Sharpe's Cat. No. 108. 



This species is not uncommon during the wet season in 

 Damara Land, and also about the river Okavango. 



The iris is pale brown ; the bill brown, tinged with 

 yellow on the posterior portion of the lower mandible ; 

 the legs and toes bluish, with a shade of brown. 



270. Oxylophus jacobinus (Bodd.). Black-and- White Cuckoo. 



Le Coucou edolio (femelle), Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 208. 

 Oxylophus melanoleucus, Layard's Cat. No. 499. 

 Oxylophus jacobinus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9062. 

 Coccystes jacobinus, Sharpe's Cat. No. 109. 



This is about the most common Cuckoo in Damara 

 Land, and the first to arrive with the rainy season ; I 

 also received several specimens of it from Lake Ngami. 

 I believe it breeds in Damara Land, having seen young 

 birds barely able to fly. 



This species has a true Cuckoo's note, and is very 

 swift of flight and quick in its movements. 



271. Oxylophus caffer (Licht.). Levaillant's Cuckoo. 

 Le Coucou edolio, var., Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 209. 

 Coccyzus Vaillantii, Swainson's Zool. 111. 2nd ser. pi. 13. 

 Oxylophus afer, Layard's Cat. No. 500. 



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