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



t231. Xectarixia gabonica, Haiti.; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 41. 



Of this curious little grey Sunbird Mr. Ussher sends a single 

 specimen from Fantee. I had already noticed it in his Volta 

 collection, but had been unable to determine it until M. Jules 

 Verreaux recognized it as A', gabonica, of which the type is in 

 his own collection in Paris. I cannot help having an idea that 

 this bird \sill prove to be the female of some other species of 

 Sunbird, though M. Verreaux entertains the contrary belief. 



t232. Pholidorxis rushi^ (Cass.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 41. 



Of this extraordinary little bird Mr. Ussher's collector procured 

 two specimens in Denkera, one of which I have retained in my 

 own collection, and have given the other to M. Jules Verreaux, 

 as it was one of the few Sunbirds not included in his admirable 

 series of these birds. 



t233. Butalis gkisola (L.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 42. » 

 Mr. Ussher's last collection contains several of our European 



migrants which were not previously known to occur in Fantee. 



The Common Flycatcher is one of these ; it was shot by Governor 



Ussher himself on Connor^s Hill. 



t234. Smithorxis rufolateralis. Gray ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 

 B. p. 43. 



I am pleased to see this species, of which only a single speci- 

 men was previously known, and the precise locality of which 

 had never been recorded. I have now thiee specimens in my 

 collection, received from Mr. Ussher, 



t23.5. Artomyias ussheri, Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 416. 



Dr. Hartlaub thinks this is the young oi A. fuliginosa, and 

 has written to me to that effect; but I doubt this conclusion 

 for the reasons already expressed (I.e.). 



t236. PsALiDOPROCXE xiTEXS, Cass. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 291. 



AVhen I wrote my paper on African Swallows, this little spe- 

 cies was only known from Gaboon ; but since that time Mr, 

 Crossley has discovered it in Cameroons; and now Mr. Ussher 

 gends it from Fantee, where he obtained it at Fort Victoria. 



