730 j\lr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



was once common but is now distinctly scarce, owinj^, it is 

 said, to its having been shot out by Cetywayo's hunters ; 

 the red featliers of the wings were that king's special 

 perquisite. In the forest of the Knysna district it is very 

 plentiful and is usually seen in flocks of from half a dozen to 

 a dozen^ occasionally in pairs. It is a sociable species, and if 

 one is shot from a flock the others^ although alarmed at the 

 report of the gun^ will soon return and look for their mate, 

 when another can be secured_, and so, if one stays long enough, 

 the whole party can be taken. When in the trees it has a 

 creeping action, running along the branches and peering 

 round on the intruder, continually raising and lowering the 

 crest, and gradually working up to the topmost boughs, from 

 which it finally takes flight to another tree ; the red primaries 

 are very bi'illiant when the sun catches them. They are also 

 most iucpiisitive birds, and I have had them, when I have been 

 quietly lying up for bluebuck or small birds, come jumping 

 and running through the trees within a few feet of me, 

 examining me first from one point and then from another, 

 uttering occasionally their harsh alarm-note and taking flight 

 in a great hurry when I waved my arm. This species feeds 

 almost exclusively on fruit and berries, and the cry is a harsh 

 croaking noise which can be heard at a great distance. It 

 calls generally in the early morning and late afternoon, often 

 all day long when the weather is wet; sometimes not a bird 

 is heard for days together, but this is generally when the 

 weather is fine and warm. 



The soft parts of the adult are : — Irides brown ; orbits 

 red ; bill orange-red ; legs and toes black. 



In the young the irides are raw sienna, the orbits 

 dusky ; bill brown or brownish red ; legs and toes black.] 



TURACUS CORYTHAIX PIICEBUS. 



Neumann, Ornith. Monatsb. 1907, p. 193. 



Tv. Woodbush, Nov., Dec. (5). 



Neumann has recently shown that the '' Louries " of the 

 Eastern Transvaal are separable from those of Cape Colony 

 by the colour of the back and tail, which is of a rich metallic 



