46 Neave, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



Maxilla, black ; mandible, pale blue ; orbit pale blue ; 

 iris, brown ; feet, greyish-blue. 

 Rather scarce in this country. 



96. Chrysococcyx cupreus. 



Cuculus cupreus, Bodd., " Tabl. PI. Enl.," p. 40 (1783). 



Chrysococcyx cupreus, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 143 ; Shelley, 

 "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 19, p. 285; Id., Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 381 (Zomba Plains); Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, 

 p. 94 ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 3, 

 p. 189. 

 455. juv. Bank of Kafue, near Ndola. Oct 20, 



1905. 



459. $ ad. Bank of Kafue. Oct. 21. 1905. 



509. 3 ad. Near Chiwali's. Nov. 15, 1905. 



Bill, dusky, paler beneath ; iris, red ; orbit, scarlet ; 

 feet, dusky. 



97. Centropus burchelli. 



Centropus burchelli, Swains., "An. in Menag.," p. 321 (1838, 

 South Africa); Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 555 (Karonga) ; 

 Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 60; W. L. Sclater, 

 "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 3, p. 203. 

 Centropus senegalensis, Shelley, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 19, 

 p. 360. 

 32. $ ad. Near Pakolwe Mountain, Portuguese East 

 Africa. Aug. 25, 1904. 

 Bill, brownish-black. 



223. ? ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 7, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; iris, red ; feet, dark grey. 

 Common in long grass, in which it creeps about very 

 rapidly, and seldom flies, making it hard to get a shot at. 

 Said by natives to kill snakes, also cane-rats, by settling 

 on their heads and picking out their eyes. 

 " Mkuta" of all the local tribes. 



