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yellowish brown, while in C. cupreus the eyelids are coral- 

 red and the irides dull crimson. 



Chrysococcyx smaragdineus. 



I never saw this species, but I was shewn a skin which 

 had been obtained on the extreme eastern border of the 

 Protectorate, where I was told it was of pretty frequent 

 occurrence. 



Centropus senegalensis. 



Common in the open grassy and low bush-country, and 

 known about Freetown as the " fool-bird/' probably because 

 when moulting it can scarcely fly and may almost be knocked 

 over with a stick. The call is a sonorous "Aoo, hoo, hoo." 

 The food consists largely of orthopterous insects. 



Ceutliinochares flavirostris. 



Mendi name, "^ guru-^ngoni," = '' baboon bird.'' 

 Common, but comparatively seldom seen, owing to its 

 retiring habits. It delights in dense creeper-covered thickets, 

 in which it creeps about in a squirrel-like manner. It is a 

 noisy bird, having a variety of calls, the most characteristic 

 being a series of notes in a descending chromatic scale 

 commencing slowly and gradually increasing in rapidity. 

 The food consists of caterpillars, locusts, and other insects. 



Family Musophagid^. 

 Turacus huffoni. 

 Mendai name, " bule " or " okuma."" 



Turacus macrorhynchus. 



These two species ai'e both common, though the latter is 

 the more numerous in the Peninsula. They are fond of thick 

 bush and heavy forest, and in habits not unlike some of the 

 Cuckoos. They creep about in the dense thickets, usually 

 in small flocks. The call of the two species is, as far as I 

 could make out, identical, and consists of a loud " qua-qua- 

 qua" repeated seven or eight times, commencing slov/ly and 

 gradually becoming more rapid. It can be heard at a 

 distance of at least half a mile. 



The birds are known to Europeans and the " Creoles " as 



