during a Journey to the Ruwenzori Range. 5'27 



H. 972. ? ad. Katwe, Toro, March 6, 1902. Iris 

 brownish yellow ; bill black, the lower mandible greenish ; 

 rim round eye lemon-yellow ; feet yellow. To be found 

 everywhere. 



[Although, in the dried skin, the yellow base of the bill in 

 these specimens is not easy to distinguish, the notes given by 

 Mr. Archer on the colour of the bill leave no doubt as to the 

 species. — R. B. S.] 



48. CUCULUS SOLITARIUS. 



Cuculus solitarius Steph. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 315 (Mt. 

 Elgon; Lake Baringo) ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 158 (1900); 

 Jackson. Ibis, 1902, p. 630 (Entebbe ; Kampala ; E. 

 Kamassia) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii, p. 87 (1902). 



H. 882. ? ad. Ruwenzori, Eeb. 22, 1902. 



H. 930. S ad. Katwe, Toro, March 2, 1902. 



49. Metallococcyx smaragdineus. 



Chrysococcyx smaragdineus (Swains.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 315 (Teita). 



Metallococcyx smaragdineus, Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 161 

 (1900) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1902, p. 630 (Kibwezi; Entebbe; 

 Nandi) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 99 (1902). 



H. 805. ? imm. Ruwenzori, Eeb. 11, 1902. Bill black, 

 base of lower mandible deep horn-blue ; feet ' Cambridge '- 

 blue. 



H. 906. ? ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 25, 1902. Iris brown ; 

 rim round eye ' Cambridge '-blue ; bill slaty-black ; feet horn- 

 blue. 



H. 907. <J ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 25, 1902. Bill lightish 

 green, blue at base ; feet ' Cambridge '-blue. 



50. Chrysococcyx cupreus. 



Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 315 

 (Ukambani); id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 161 (1900) ; Jackson, Ibis, 

 1902, p. 631 (Kibwezi ; Entebbe) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, 

 ii. p. 93 (1902). 



H. 1132. S imm. Toro, March 24, 1902. Iris dull 

 vermilion ; rim of eve coral-red ; bill and feet dark brown. 



