68 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Recent Collections of 



Cuckoo is here recorded from Fantee for the first time. It was 

 obtained on Connor^s Hill, Cape Coast, on the 2nd of No- 

 vember 1870. 



t214. CoccYSTEs SERKATUS (Sparrm.) ; Hartl., Orn.Westafr. 

 p. 266; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13. 



This is onl}^ the second time that this bird has occurred in 

 Western Africa, Du Chaillu having obtained an example at Cape 

 Lopez; Fantee is now added as a hitherto unknown habitat. 

 The specimen in question was obtained by Mr. Ussher's col- 

 lector in Denkera; and on comparing it with South-African ex- 

 amples of the same age in my collection, I can detect no points 

 of difference. The genus Coccystes, as represented by this rather 

 aberrant member, comes near to Eudynamis, especially resem- 

 bling the last-named genus in some of the younger stages. 



215. Centropus monachus, Ullpp. ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 187. 



Sent from Fantee by Mr. Ussher, and obtained at Accra by 

 Captain Haynes. Riis shot this species in Agapim. 



t216. Campethera gabonensis (Verr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 

 B. p. 17. 



I have had a specimen of this bird in my collection for some 

 time, received in one of Mr. Higgins's early consignments. 



t217. Campethera punctata (Cuv.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 P-17. 



Mr. Ussher sent one specimen of this Woodpecker, which 

 is quite new to the locality. 



t218. Campethera caroli (Malh.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 17. 



Two or three specimens from Denkera, and one from the im- 

 mediate vicinity of Cape-Coast Castle. 



t219. Alethe castanonota, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 20. 



Originally described by me from a specimen sent home by 

 Mr. Ussher. Captain Haynes also met with it near Accra. 



t220. Criniger syndactylus (Sw.) ; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1867, 

 p. 27. 



Of this species, which I have in my collection from Gaboon, 

 Governor Ussher sends a single example. 



