502 Mr. L. M. Setli-Smitli on 



118. Cosmetoruis vexillarius. A female shot in August 

 Avas very fat. I have uot seen the male in full plumage iu 

 this part o£ Uganda, and I do not think they nest here. 



119. Hapaloderma narina. Only seen once in thick forest, 

 where I was attracted to it by its curious note, a soft rather 

 rapidly repeated " coo/^ which was unknown to me. . The 

 hird, a male, was in breeding condition. 



120. Enrystomns afer. A fairly common bird, usually 

 seen iu pairs, hawking, often at a great height, for insects. 

 It is always more in evidence in the evening from about sunset 

 till dark. In March it nests in holes in trees on the soft pulp 

 of rotten w^ood. Two eggs are laid ; these are of a rather 

 sniuy white, which gets very dirty during incubation. 



121. Mellitophagus variegatus. Never seen in any 

 numbers. 



122. Merops albicollis. Common. I have seen this bird 

 on one occasion catch and eat a large blue butterfly. 



123. Merops superciliosus. Fairly common. 



124. Upiipa africaiia. Not seen by me in this district, 

 though one was observed near by on Jan. 5. 



125. Bycanistes snbqiiadratus. This noisy and ungainly 

 i)ird is very common. I watched a cock feeding the hen at 

 its hole early in INIarch. I also shot an immature bird still 

 being fed by the parent on April 21. The iris of the 

 young bird was grey and feet dark grey. On one occasion 

 I noticed a pair of these birds flying out time after time 

 from a tree, catching white ants as they flew past. They 

 looked most awkward while performing this feat. 



126. Lophoceros fasciatus. Common. A bird was noticed 

 for days towards the end of April carrying food into the forest. 

 It would never fly more than 100 yards at a time when 

 returning with food. By following it up, the hole was easily 

 found and a native sent up, but he could not get his hand 



