252 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 



Baza cuculoides (Swains.). 



Baza cuculoides Reicli. i. p. 618. 



a. S imm. Nanna Kru. 22nd Jan., 1911. (No. 387.) 



Iris yellow ; bill black, base of lower mandible bluish ; 

 cere greenish yellow ; feet yellow. 



Total length in the flesh 15 inches; expanse of wings 

 34 inches. 



[This bird is tolerably common but extremely shy. — 

 W. P. L.] 



POLYBOROIDES TYPICUS Smith. 



Polyboroides typicus Reich, i. p. 531. 



a. ? imm. Sierra Leone, lltli March, 1911. (No. 617.) 



Iris light brown ; bill black ; feet pale yellow. 



Total length in the flesh 23 inches; expanse of wings 

 48 inches. 



This specimen, which is in moult, is in a most inter- 

 esting immature stage, just beginning to assume the adult 

 plumage; a few of the grey feathers on the scapulars are 

 making their appearance, while the black and white feathers 

 of the rump have already appeared. The tail, which- is light 

 brown banded with dark brown, is similar to that of the 

 very young bird, with the exception of the two central tail- 

 feathers which are 5| inches in length (2 inches of which is 

 sheath), the new featliers being black tipped with white, 

 as in the adult [)lumage. 



[The stomach of this specimen contained large white 

 grubs. Two birds were seen on the Gold Coast but not 

 procured. — W. P. L.] 



Gypohierax angolensis (Gm.). 



Gypohierax angolensis Reich, i. p. 603. 



a. ? (?) imm. Nanna Kru. 10th Jan., 1911. (No. 304.) 



h, c. ? ad. et (^ imm. Settra Kru. 16th Jan., 1911. 

 (Nos. 384, 385.) 



d. ^. Axim. 17th Feb., 1911. (No. 484.) 



Iris (ad) yellow, (imm.) light brown, bare skin orange; 

 b'll greenish horn-coloured ; feet pinkish yellow. 



Ad. ?. Total length 25| inches ; expanse 58i inches; 



