494 DB. R. B. SHAEPE ON BIRDS [May 21 ; 



Order PSITTACIFORMES. 

 Tarn. PsiTTACiD.i. 



108. P(EOCEPHALUS BUPITEXTEIS. 



Pionias rufiventris ^Eiipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. !N".0.-Afr. i. pt. 2, 

 p. 741. 



Pixocejjlialm rufiventris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 78 

 (1884), vi. p. 207 (1888); id. Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xx. p. 372 

 (1891); Shellev, Ibis, 1885, p. 393 (Somali tableland); Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 311 : Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 5-51 

 (1894: S. of Mt. Goolis); Eeicben. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 99- 

 (1894). 



a. S ' Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. 



b, c. d 2 • Hargeisa, July 17, 1894. 



According to Heuglia, this Parrot lives in flocks in the warmer 

 parts of Shoa, for instance on the Eifat, as weU as on the Somali 

 plateau southwards from 6° S. lat. It ap])arently comes to the 

 Upper White Nile. It is not a highland species, and scarcely 

 extends beyond 4000 to 6000 feet. 



In Shoa, Antinori says that it is a bird of the plains and scarcely 

 visits the elevated " Kolla." Mr. Jackson procured the species in 

 the Teita district, and Dr. Eeicbenow records it from the Pangani 

 and Eonga Elvers, at Pare and in Masai-land. 



Order COCCYGES. 

 Earn. CucuLiDiE. 



109. CUCULUS CANOEUS. 



Cuculus c<inorus, L. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 779 (1871) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 93 (1884) ; Shelley, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xix. p. 245 (1891) ; Eeichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 110 (1894). 



a. Juv. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Iris brown ; eyelids, 

 legs, and corners of mouth yellow ; bill black, shading 

 through green to yellow at the corners of the mouth. 



Heuglin records the Common Cuckoo as a plentiful migrant 

 throughout N.E. Africa, passing in spring and autumn. From 

 March to the early part of May it comes to Egypt from the 

 south, and in August is on its way back again, and he obtained a 

 specimen in Bogos-land at the end of July. The species is not, 

 however, often met with during its migrations, and Antinori only 

 obtained a single young bird in Shoa in September, and Dr. 

 Eischer in Aruscha. It has not been procured by Mr. Jackson. 



110. Centropus supeeciliostis. 



Centropvs superdliosKS, H. & E. ; Heugl. Orn. K.O.-Afr. i. 

 p. 797 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 9Q (1884), vi. 



