586 Mr. A. B. Percival on Birds 
end o£ August 1898 on tlie river Ruo. It was in considerable 
numbers on this one occasion only, and during the nine 
months that I stayed in the district I never saw it again. It 
was flying high in the bright sunshine, unlike the other 
Saw-winged Swallows, which are seldom seen before dusk, 
when they fly low and usually among trees. 
My specimen difi*ers from the type of P. antinorii, in the 
British Museum, in having the gloss on the back greenish 
black instead of purple. 
28. Dendropicus cardtnalis (Gmel.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 295 (1890). 
Rare. This was the only Woodpecker seen. 
29. Indicator major Steph. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897^ p. 545. 
Not uncommon on the Liadzi. The natives have a strong 
objection to this bird being killed, for it shews them where 
the bees' nests are. I may mention here, that the native- 
collected wild honey in British Central Africa is nearly 
always uneatable. I was unable to find out the reason of 
the objectionable flavour. Honey obtained in the low 
country of the Transvaal and Swaziland is splendid stufl", 
very dark and rich in flavour. 
30. Melanobucco torquatus (Dumont); Shelley, Ibis, 
1897, p. 546. 
A few were seen. I found a nest in a hollow tree. 
31. ScHizoRHis coNcoLOR (Smith) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, 
p. 7. 
Hare, very few seen. 
32. Centropus senegalensis (Linn.) ; Shelley^ Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xix. p. 361 (1891). 
Extremely common on all the wooded banks of the rivers, 
particularly on the Liadzi. 
33. CoccYSTES cafer (Licht.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897, p. 545. 
a. Ad. Buo River, 1899. 
These birds are very noisy. I obtained one out of a pair 
early in 1899. 
