366 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 
rather a shy bird, the note and habits being the same as those 
of U. epops. 
Irrisor cyanomelas, Y. 
c?. Bamangwato, August 5th, 1873. 
Beak and legs black; iris dark hazel. 
Fairly common through the Bamangwato and Matabili 
countries; and I fancy I have seen it along the Limpopo river. 
A good account of its habits will be found in Andersson's 
f Birds of Damara Land/ 
SCHIZORHIS CONCOLOR (Sw.). 
a, ? . Transvaal, July 1st, 1873. 
Beak and legs black; iris dark hazel. 
A very common species throughout the Transvaal and up 
to the Matabili country. They go about in small flocks; and 
their peculiar cry, something like the mewing of a cat, often 
betrays their presence. They often raise and lower the crest, 
and are not very easy to see by reason of their colour. 
Centropus senegalensis (L.); Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 617. 
c?. Biver Palatzi, Bamangwato, October 20th, 1873. 
Beak black; legs dark grey; iris crimson. 
First observed on the Crocodile river, but was also found 
in all suitable places as far into the Matabili as I went. 
Being fond of hiding itself, it is not often seen unless acci¬ 
dentally flushed; but its loud note betrays its presence. It 
inhabits the thick reeds and bushes wherever there is water, 
far from which it is never found. 
Centropus superciliosus, H. &E.; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, 
p. 620. 
S . Transvaal, July 5th, 1873. 
Beak and legs black; iris dark red. 
I confounded this species with C. senegalensis , its note, 
and, as far as I know, its habits and localities being the same 
as those of that bird. 
Cuculus gularis (Steph.); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 585. 
(S . Biver Meathly, Bamangwato, October 24th, 1873. 
The tip and most of upper mandible black, the rest orange- 
yellow ; legs chrome-yellow ; iris dead gold; cere yellow. 
