hirds uj Gambia. 
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.\l;ilc: aliove, iiu^lallic green shot with coppery red, a wliite 
(laleli above and behind eye; four central ieathei'.s ot tail green 
like the back, remainder white barred with green. lielow white 
barred with black and with a patch of green on each side of the 
breast. I<'eniale: Head dusky brown, back and wings green mottled 
with rufous, below bully white narrowly barred with brown. Bill 
greenish tipped with black, legs olive brown, iris brown. Length 
7 inches. 
C. cupreus. GiLDED CUCKOO. 
Range. Tropical Africa. (R.L.) 
Male: Above metallic green with coppery and blue relicctions; 
a white streak on the crown, a spot of tiie same in front of and 
another behind the eye; below white barred at the sides with green. 
The female has no white marks on the head, the back is more coppery 
than green and the under surface is barred with bronze. Bill, 
horn-coloured; legs, liluish black; iris, red; Length, 7.5 inches. 
All these three species of Golden Cuckoos should be found 
in the Ciambia, but they must be very rare and are probably only 
rainy season visitors. 1 have only once seen a Golden Cuckoo alive, 
and that was near Kansala in Fogni, where one evening I watched 
one with glasses for some time. It was flying backw^ards and for- 
wards between two trees, a lovely sight as the light of the setting 
sun flashed on his lustrous green plumage. I could not definitely say 
to what species it belonged, but thought it was klaasi. I have 
seen a good many skins for sale in the shops at Dakar, where they 
fetch large prices (five dollars each or more for the most brilliant 
species, C. smaragdineus) and as they fetch such prices the birds 
are natui'ally much sought after by the native skin -hunters, who 
no dou))t are largely responsible for their great and increasing 
scarcity By the hunters they are called " Folio-tokol." 
The Golden Cuckoos haunt thickly wooded country and like 
to peixli on tall trees, whence they can hawk after insects. The 
male has a loud whistling call. They make no nests but resemble 
the common Cuckoo in being parasitic on other birds. 
INDICATORID^. 
Three species of Honcyguide appear in the Hand-List as 
including Gambia in their range, but they must be rare here I 
have only once seen a bird here, which I took to be Honeyguide, 
probably maculatus, as it had no yellow shoulder patches and a 
spotted breast. The natives too know nothing of any honey-showing 
bird, with which they would be sure to be acquainted, if one with 
such definite habits in that line as the South African bird was 
common in this country. The three species are: 
Indicator indicator. HONEYGUIDE. 
/. major. GREAT HONEYGUIDE. 
Range of both species. Senegambia; North-east, East and 
South Africa. (R.L.) 
