Birds [rum the West Coast of Africa. 243 



bird/' from its remarkable babit of calling every bour. I 

 bave ''timed" tlie bird several times and found it marvel- 

 lously correct, tbougb of course not to be relied upon ; the 

 natives, however, go largely by it. — W. P. L.] 



COCCYSTES GLANDARIUS (Liuu.). 



Cnccystes glandarius Reich, ii. p. 81. 

 a. ? imm. Nifu. 3rd Dec, 1910. (No. 196. j 

 b,c.S- Axim. 15th Feb., 1911. (Nos. 475, 476.) 

 Iris brown, eyelids reddish ; bill and under part of lower 



mandible flesh-coloured near base ; feet bluish. 



Total length in the flesh (adult) 16 inches, (imm.) 15^ 



inches; expanse (adult) 23 inches, (imm.) 22 inches. 



No immature example of this Cuckoo is mentioned in 



the List of the Birds of Liberia by Mr. Chubb. 



Ceuthmociiakes flavirostris (Swains.). 

 Ceuthmochares flavirostris Reich, ii. p. 72. 

 a. ^ . Sierra Leone. 



[The example was obtained in very thick creepers, and 

 was the only one seen. It was extremely shy. — W. P. L.] 



Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.). 



Chrysococcyx cupreus Reich, ii. p. 94. 



a.?. Subono. 10th Feb., 1911. (No. 461.) 



b.S- Axim. 25th Feb., 1911. (No. 551.) 



Iris and eyelid red ; upper mandible black, lower mandible 



bluish at the base ; feet bluish-black. 



[This Cuckoo is common ; it inhabits swampy places, and 



is occasionally seen in the cassava. — W. P. L.] 



Chrysococcyx klaasi (Steph.). 



Chrysococcyx klaasi Reich, ii. p. 98. 



a, b. ? ad. et ^ imm. Nanna Kru. 13th & 20th Jan., 

 1911. (Nos. 303, 332.) 



c,d.S- Sekondi. 1st March, 1911. (Nos. 533, 534.) 



Iris brown, eyelids green ; bill dull green, tip black ; feet 

 greenish. 



Total length in the flesh 7 inches ; expanse of wings 

 10 inches. 



