CENTROPUS.
An African and Indian genus of Cuckoos which hatch their own eggs ; bill strong, nostrils slit-like; claw of hind toe almost straight as in Larks. Sexes alike.
Centropus senegalensis mgyptius (Gmelin).
a 9 Crown, nape and hind neck black with dark green or blue gloss ; back, scapulars and wing coverts dull brown, quills chestnut with brown tips ; beneath straw colour, lighter on flanks, darker on under tail coverts. Bill black. Legs and feet brownish
grey. Iris red. Wing 1So-035 (II.).
Resident—Lower Egypt.
The typical race "C. s. senegalensis" inhabits tropical Africa, Nubia to Senegal.