Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 10. 43 



it was fairly common. Natives report it from the Luapula 

 River. Crops of these birds invariably full of fruits and 

 seeds. 



" Nduwa " of the Alala and Awisa. 



88. Schizorhis concolor. 



Corythaix concolor, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ., 1833, p. 48 



(25° 21' S. lat.). 

 Schizorhis concolor, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 134; Shelley, 



"Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 19, p. 453; Id., Ibis, 1898, 



p. 380 (Zomba Plains), p. 555 (Mwanza) ; VV. L. Sclater, 



"Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 3, p. 219. 

 Chizaerhis concolor, Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 34. 



181. £ ad. Mbala Country. May 14, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; iris, brown ; feet, black. 

 Not uncommon, but rather local, as it avoids hilly 

 country. A somewhat wary bird. 



" Kuwe " of the Asenga in imitation of its cry. 



Family CUCULID/E. 

 89. Coccystes glandarius. 



Cuculus glandarius, Linn., "Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 167 (1766). 

 Coccystes glandarius, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 145; Shelley, 



"Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 19, p. 212; Id., Ibis, 1898, 



p. 380 (Zomba and Zomba Plains); Reichen, "Vog. 



Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 81 ; W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds," vol. 3, p. 193. 



533. $ ad. E. bank of Loangvva. Dec. 18, 1905. 



Maxilla, black ; mandible, dusky ; iris, olive brown ; 

 feet, dusky. 



This specimen was probably on migration, and it is 

 not a little remarkable that this species, in common with 

 C.jacobinus and C. cafer, should all have been obtained 

 within a day or two of each other, and at the same place. 



