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to speak ; but rather tlie reduplication of a beak 

 already grotesquely exaggerated — as shown on previous 

 page. 



In the Sotik countr}^ we also observed many of 

 the smaller kind of hornbill {Loj^hoceriis), as well 

 as crimson-winged touracos, dark-olive wood-pigeons 

 [Columha arquatrix), bush-shrikes (Dri/oscojDUs), black 



A TOUEACO OF SOTIK {Gcdlirex chloroMamys). 

 The Zambesi purple-crested loury. 



flycatchers wn"th pure white breasts, and a few^ other 

 species cpiite unknown to me. 



To return to' the denser forest. Among the few 

 small birds that enliven these solitudes, several w^ere 

 obviously tits — their climbing and prehensile habit and 

 incessant activity assured that identification. But many 

 of these were almost black in hue — as befitted the gloom 

 of this under-world. Their colour-scheme suggested an 

 adaptation to environment ; but that view is not borne 

 out by further examination. For the characteristic, it 

 appears, is common to several of the African ParidcB 

 whose haunts are not confined to the darkness of the 

 tropical forest. 



We were disappointed in seeing nothing of the 



