X0.1182. BIRDS COLLECTED IN LIBERIA— OBEBHOLSER. 27 



Family MUSOPHAGID^. 



TURACUS MACRORHYNCHUS (Fraser). 



Coryfhaix macrorhynchus Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 34. 

 Turacus macrorhynchus Gray, Gen. Birds, II, 1845, p. 395. 



One adult male, taken April 22, 1897. It is in fresh plumage with 

 indications of a not quite completed molt. "Feet black;" length, 439 

 mm.; expanse, 512 mm. Called "Eedwing" by English-speaking Li 

 berians. 



Family CUCULID^. 



CENTROPUS SENEGALENSIS (Linnaeus). 



Cuculus senegalensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766, p. 169. 

 Centroims senegalensis KuHL and Swinderen, Buff, and D'Aub. Nom. Syst., 

 1820, p. 6. 



A single specimen is in the collection, a young bird just acquiring its 

 first plumage, killed April 16, 1897. Although many of the feathers 

 are still in their sheaths, and the wings and tail very imperfectly devel- 

 oped, a brief description of the jdumage may be of interest. Head, 

 cervix, and tail dull black, the last with ill defined brown bars; back, 

 scapulars, and upper surface of wings bright chestnut, heavily barred 

 with black, these bars decreasing in width and regularity on the outer 

 feathers of the wings; under surface vinaceous cinnamon, much paler 

 on the ndddle of the posterior portion. This specimen is one of two 

 which Mr. Currie kept for some time alive. (See Plate VII.) 



Family OOEAOIID^. 



EURYSTOMUS GULARIS Vieillot. 



Eurystomus gularis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXIX, 1819, p. 426. 

 One specimen, a male. Length, 263 mm.; alar expanse, 516 mm, 



EURYSTOMUS AFER (Latham). 



Coracias afra Latham, Ind. Orn., 1, 1790, p. 172. 



Eurystomus afra Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., XIII, 1826, p. 97. 



One male, taken in a clearing; the only one seen. Length, 260 mm.; 

 expanse, 533 mm. Golah name, "Bah-yiddie." 



Family MEROPID^. 



MEROPS ALBICOLLIS Vieillot. 



Merops alhicoUis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XIV, 1817, p. 15. 

 Three specimens, sex uncertain. The species is reported by Mr. Cur- 

 rie to be common. '' Bill black ; feet olive-green ; iris crimson." Called 

 " Dry- tima bird" in English; the Golah name is "Way-dwa." There 

 is very little individual difference observable in these specimens, even 

 in size. Two of them — one taken February 13, the other March 13 — 

 are molting the tail feathers. 



