226 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



Oxylophns afer, Finsch, in Trans, of Zool. Soc. vol. vii. p. 285. 

 Oxyloplms caffer, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9066. 

 Coceystes caffer, Sharpe's Cat. No. 110. 



Like the rest of the Cuckoos found in Damara Land, 

 this species is only a periodical visitant during the rainy 

 season, and takes its departure long before the return of 

 the dry weather. I have heard its note on the river 

 Okavango as early as September ; but it is a scarce bird 

 in that district, and very rare in Damara Land. It 

 always appears in pairs, and is of a rather shy and re- 

 tiring disposition. 



The iris is dark olive-brown ; the bill black ; the legs 

 and toes brown tinged with lead-colour. 



272. Oxylophus Serratus (Sparrm.). Edolio Cuckoo. 



Le Concou edolio (male), Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 207. 

 Oxylophus edolius, Layard's Oat. No. 498. 

 Oxylophus serratus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9064. 

 Coceystes serratus, Sharpe's Cat. No. 111. 



[Mr. Andersson's MS. notes do not refer to this species as 

 inhabiting Damara Land; but two examples of it, obtained by 

 him in that country, are in the collection of Mr. R. B. Sharpe. 



— Ed.J 



273. Cuculus clamoSUS, Cuv. Noisy Cuokoo. 



Le Coucou criard, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pis. 204 & 205. 



Cuculus clamosus, Gumey, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 3. 



„ „ Layard's Cat. No. 492. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 408. 



I first observed this species in the neighbourhood of 

 the river Okavango, but only very sparingly; and the 

 few individuals which there came under my notice were 

 so excessively wild and wary that I only succeeded in 



