62 Mr. II. T. Ussher on the 



Not uncommon in the moniing on the gravelly slopes of 

 Fort Victoria and the other eminences round Cape-Coast 

 Castle, where it appears to bask in the sun, taking short flights 

 among the surrounding bushes. It is gregarious. 



100. CoTYLE ciNCTA (Bodd.) : Sharpc, p. 45. 



I never met with this jMartin but once, up the river Yolta, 

 where I shot it on a bough overhanging the water ; but as 

 great numbers of Swallows appeared skimming the surface 

 of the water, I do not doubt that C. cincta was among them. 



The specimen then collected was one of a pair. 



101. HiRUNDO RUSTiCA, L. : Sharpc, p. 45. 



Specimens of this bird, not in complete plumage, have been 

 shot by me on Connor's Hill, near Cape Coast, about the 

 months of February and March. I was unfortunately not at 

 first aware of its identity wath the common Swallow of Europe, 

 or I would have noticed its movements more particularly. It 

 appears to leave the coast about April, as I never observed any 

 after the 1st of May. 



102. HiRUNDO LEUCosoMA, Sw. ; Sharpe, p. 46. 



Not very common in Fautee, although occasionally met 

 with about the small native " crooms,^' or hamlets, in the in- 

 terior. The last specimen I collected for Mr. Sharpe was one 

 of a pair that had selected for their nidification the overhang- 

 ing rafters of an empty room in a small country-house belong- 

 ing to the Wesleyan Mission, where I happened to be staying. 

 I have never seen them away from buildings ; nor have I ob- 

 served them in large towns. They are generally met with in 

 pairs, and are graceful and attractive in appearance. They 

 appear to show great solicitude for their young, 



103. HiRUNDO SENEGALExsis, L. : Sharpc, Ibis, 1872, p. 71. 

 This handsome Swallow has only been observed by me on 



the plains of Accra, in the eastern districts of the Gold Coast, 

 I never saw it in the forest. 



They are generally to be found in small companies of eight 

 or ten perched on the tops of high decayed or leafless trees, 

 and occasionally leave their posts for food, uttering a peculiar 



