Birds from Sierra Leone. 215 



Barbatula scolopacea. 



Mendi name^ ^' bokwomange ^' = " tap-wood/^ Not so 

 common by any means as the preceding two species. Its 

 call is quite distinct, being " chit-chit, chit-cldt " (ad lib.), 

 very similar in quality to that of the Malayan Cabrhamphus 

 hayi, with none of the musical quality of that of the other 

 Barbets. 



TrachylsBinus goffini. 



I never met with this species in the Peninsula^ but ob- 

 tained it near Songo Town and further east. 



Family iNDiCATORiDiE. 

 Indicator sp. ? 



One specimen was obtained by Dr. Bower in the Karine 

 District. 



Family Cuculid^. 

 Clamator cafer, 

 I only saw this bird on three or four occasions. 



Cucnlus clamosus. 



This Cuckoo was seldom seen^ but was frequently heard 

 calling during May. It was a long time before I identified 

 the note, which is a loud, mournful '^ whee-oo, ivhee-oo, 

 ivhee-oo,'' as that of this bird. 



I notice that Mr. L. M. Seth-Smith (' Ibis/ 1913, p. 501) 

 mentions the cull of this bird as having three notes, the 

 last one rising. I never heard more than two notes, the 

 second falling. 



Chrysococcyx klaasi. 



Chrysococcyx cupreus. 



Both migratory, arriving in the neighbourhood of Free- 

 town towards the end of April and remaining throughout 

 the rains, I was never able definitely to distinguish between 

 tlie calls of these two birds. Both consist of " ivhee, ivhee, 

 whee, whee-oo '•* in a minor cadence, and uttered either 

 while perched on the topmost branch of a tree or while 

 flying. 



The irides of C. klaasi are dark brown and the eyelids 



