CUCKOOS 



281 



Length, 



barred with rufous ; below white barred with green 

 8 to 8 J inches. 



It ranges throughout Africa, but is somewhat rare within 

 our limits, occurring from Knysna eastwards. It is an 



Fig. 144. — ^Young Bronze Cuckoo in Sunbird's nest. 



inhabitant of thick bush or forest country. It is rare in 

 Albany, but commoner in Pondoland and Natal. 



The Woodwards procured two females with shelled 

 eggs in the oviducts, one pure white and the other speckled 

 with purple. We found a young half-fledged bird in a 

 nest of the Cape Sparrow at Koonap (Beaufort West). 



The Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx Klaasi) male is metallic 



