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pirn district, where we killed Iricholama hirsuta, Xylobucco du- 

 chaillui, X. scolopacea, X. subsulphurea, and Gymnobucco calvus. 



Of the Picidse we obtained three species, mostly near Abouri, 

 where Campethera gabonensis is not uncommon. 



We shot several examples of the genus Criniger, one new to 

 the Gold Coast. In habits they rather closely resemble Campe- 

 phaga, and frequent the dense forest, where their dull colours 

 render them very hard to observe. 



We never passed a day without seeing Pycnonoius barbatus, 

 which we met with breeding at Abouri in February. Craterojms 

 reinwardti was not uncommon near Accra, where we found it 

 singly or in pairs. The irides are white. 



Cossypha verticalis is tolerably abundant throughout the dis- 

 trict ; it usually frequents the thick detached bushes, rarely 

 showing itself in the open. When driven out of one bush it 

 flies close along the ground to the nearest covert. The irides 

 are brown, C. cyanocampta, a much rarer species, we obtained 

 both at Abouri and Cape Coast. 



Pratincola rubetrais extremelycommon throughout the district. 



Of Drymoecce, the following are very evenly distributed 

 throughout the more open country — D. navia, D. fortirostris, 

 D. brachyptera, D. melanorkyncha, D. schwarzi, D. erythro- 

 ptera, and Cisticola schcenicola ; while such Warblers as Sii- 

 phrornis badiceps, S.prasina, S. erythrothorax, Eremomela pusilla, 

 Camaroptera concolor, and C. brevicaudata we only met with in 

 the more densely wooded districts of Abrobonko and Agua-pim. 



Of the Nectariniidse, so well represented in these parts, we 

 obtained the following, N. verticalis, N. cyanocephala, N. adel- 

 berti, N. chloropygia, and N. obscura, plentiful in the wooded 

 districts — N. superba and N. Johanna only at Abouri. N.cuprea, 

 a very abundant species, frequents the more open country, while 

 N. splendida was equally abundant everywhere. 



Butalis grisola, B. epulata, and B. comitata are not uncommon ; 

 the latter two, however, are more confined to the wooded parts. 

 Elminia longicauda we met with on Connor^s Hill, where we saw 

 a pair. Bias musicus we shot at Abouri. Platystira melano- 

 ptera is plentiful at Cape Coast : on the approach of danger it 

 hops leisurely into the denser part of the bush. 



