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Show 494 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, Order PSITTACIFORMES. Fam. PsiTTAClDyE. 108. POEOCEPHALUS RUFIVENTRIS. Pionias rufiventris (Riipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, Poeocephalus rufiventris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. (1884), vi. p. 207 (1888); id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 372 (1891)* Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 393 (Somali tableland); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 311; Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 551 (1894 : S. of Mt. Goolis); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 99 (1894). a. d • Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. b,c. d 2 - Hargeisa, July 17, 1894. According to Ileuglin, this Parrot lives in flocks in the warmer parts of Shoa, for instance on the Eifat, as well as on the Somali plateau southwards from 6° S. lat. It apparently comes to the Upper White Nile. It is not a highland species, and scarcely extends beyond 4000 to 6000 feet. In Shoa, Antinori says that it is a bird of the plains and scarcely visits the elevated " Kolla." Mr. Jackson procured the species in the Teita district, and Dr. Reichenow records it from the Pangani and Ronga Rivers, at Pare and in Masai-land. Order COCCYGES. Fam. CUCULID^E. 109. CUCULUS CANORUS. Cuculus canorus, L.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 779 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 93 (1884); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 245 (1891); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 110 (1894). «. Juv. Sbeik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Iris brown; eyelids, legs, and corners of mouth yellow ; bill black, shading through green to yellow at the corners of the mouth. Heuglin records the Common Cuckoo as a plentiful migrant throughout N.E. Africa, passing in spring and autumn. From March to the early part of May it comes to Egypt from the south, and in August is on its way back again, and he obtained a specimen in Bogos-land at the end of July. The species is not, however, often met with during its migrations, and Antinori only obtained a single young bird in Shoa in September, and Dr. Fischer in Aruscha. It has not been procured by Mr. Jackson. 110. CENTROPUS SUPERCILIOSUS. Centropus superciliosus, H. & E. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 797 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 96 (1884), vi. |