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to reject many specimens on account of their legs being badly 

 broken and of their being otherwise disfigured by this mode 

 of capture. The majority of specimens by me have come from 

 Denkera. 



QQ. Alethe maculicauda^ Hartl. : Sharpe, p. 20, 

 This bird comes from the interior : I have received from 

 Aubinn both adult and young birds collected in Denkera. 



Q7. Illadopsis gularis^ Sharpe, Ibis^ 1870^ p. 474. 

 One or two specimens have reached me from Denkera. Of 

 its habits I know nothing. 



68. IxoNOTUS GUTTATus, Vcrr. : Sharpe^ p. 23. 



Aubinn obtained a pair of these birds near the town oi 

 Kazarako on the 4th and 5th of April, 1871. He gave me 

 the following note : — " Native name Anoomah-yah. They 

 are not common ; and I could only shoot them as they came 

 to feed upon a tree about a dozen at a time : they were ex- 

 ceedingly watchful. ^^ 



69. Pycnonotus barbatus (Desf.) : Sharpe, p. 23. 



An extremely common bird, found everywhere. It has 

 rather a pretty note, and is very tame. The natives esteem 

 it for food, 



70. CossYPHA CYANOCAMPTER, Cab. : Sharpe, p. 25. 

 Fi'om Denkera. 



71. CossYPHA VERTiCALis, Hartl, : Sharpe, p. 26. 



This very graceful little bird forms a prominent object along 

 the roads and paths of the Gold Coast, especially in bushy and 

 rocky places. It is a sprightly bird, with a pretty plaintive 

 note. It is almost always found on the ground, and seems to 

 avoid perching on branches whenever it can do so, 



72. Pratincola rubetra (L.) : Sharpe, p, 27. 



I have noticed the Winchat in the vicinity of Accra in con- 

 siderable numbers at certain seasons of the year. 



73. Melocichla mentalis (Fras.) : Sharpe, p, 32. 

 Frequents low bushes, in pairs, in the immediate vicinity of 



