Note 52 — THE PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF CENTRAL AFRICA.

[Note 52] p. 221.—Umber- or Umbre-bird.

This bird, whose name refers to the earthy-brown colour, is the Hammer-head or Scopus umbretta of ornithologists. Of the nest, Prof. Newton says that “it is occasionally some six feet in diameter, a mass of sticks, roots, grass, and rushes compactly piled together, with a flat-topped roof, the interior being neatly lined with clay, and a hole of entrance and exit”. It may be of interest to compare its nest with that of the South American Oven-birds (Furnarius, &c.).