Messrs. Sharpe and Ussher on Fantee-country Birds. 181 



This bird was discovered by Capt. Cock, 30th P. N, Infantry, 

 at Naoshera, in the Punjab, who says of it : — " Pound in pairs 

 among low stony hills ; they are very restless, active little birds, 

 and proportionately difficult to shoot. 



The specimens I have from Capt. Cock were killed in the 

 beginning of Pebruary. 



Etawali, 20th February, 1872. 



XXIII. — On Three neiv Species of Birds from the Fantee Country. 

 By R. B. Sharpe, P.L.S,, F.Z.S., &c., and H. T. Ussher, 

 H.B.M. Administrator to the Settlements on the Gold 

 Coast. 



The three species described in the present paper have been 

 received by us from the forest country of Denkera, in the interior 

 of Pantee, where they were procured by Mr. S, Thomas David 

 Aubinn, a most intelligent native collector, whose notes on the 

 habits of Pantee birds will be embodied in a subsequent com- 

 munication. , 



Pam. Trogonid^. 



1. HaPALODERMA CONSTANTIA, sp. n. 



Troyon narina, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 263. 



R. narince affinis, sed pulchrior, et tectricibus alarum pure canis 

 nigro minute vermiculatis, et rectrice extimfi omnino alba 

 dignoscenda. 



Long. tot. 11-0, rostr. culm. O'S, alee 4*8, cauds 6-0, tarsi 0-6 

 poll. angl. et dec. 



Although, as might be expected, this new Trogon is very 

 nearly allied to the well-known African species H. narina, its 

 distinctness is shown by the four specimens which Aubinn has 

 forwarded to us. It may be distinguished from the last-named 

 bird by the clear greyish-white wing-coverts, while in the true 

 H. narina the vermiculations are much larger and coarser, and 

 there is always a shade of metallic green perceptible on these 

 parts. The tail is much purer white, without any dusky shade 

 on the base of the outer feather ; and the underparts of the body 

 are a fiery crimson, instead of being a beautiful rose-colour. 

 We have compared a large series of African Trogons with these 



