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Psalidopi'ocne holomelcena is very plentiful throughout the 

 country, especially in the more wooded districts, where during 

 the heat of the day flocks may be seen sitting together on the 

 more shaded dead boughs of the large trees, and may frequently 

 be met with after the sun has set, still in pursuit of insects. 

 Hirundu rustica is very abundant in February. We only occa- 

 sionally met with H. leucosoma. H. senegalensis we found near 

 Accra, especially at Quamin-fio ; they were paired in February, 

 and probably breeding in the large hollow trees, the topmost 

 boughs of which they usually frequented. H. gordoni is plen- 

 tiful throughout the district, and generally met with in pairs 

 perched on the top of some low bush or on the coarse grass of 

 the plains. H. puella is also abundant everywhere. 



Dryoscopus major frequents the dense bush, which resounds 

 with its soft silvery notes, as pairs keep answering each other at 

 short intervals. Laniarius barbarus, alike conspicuous for its 

 pleasing notes and bright-red breast, is extremely abundant 

 throughout the district. L. sulphureipectus is more sparingly 

 distributed, and is difficult to drive out of the bush ; its notes 

 are rough and not musical. Nicator chloris frequents the more 

 densely wooded districts ; and we only met with a few specimens 

 at Abouri and Abrobonko. Sigmodus caniceps we obtained on 

 Connor's Hill. Lanius smithi is constantly to be seen on the 

 topmost bough of some bush or on a mound of the white ants. 

 Corvinella corvina is not uncommon : in habits it closelv re- 

 sembles true Lanius, from which it appears rather improperly 

 separated. Telephonus erythropterus is very abundant, especi- 

 ally amongst the more detached bushes : they have a peculiar 

 way of rising in the air, like our Sky-Lark, when the flapping of 

 their wings may be very audibly heard. T. ininutus is apparently 

 rather rare ; for we only once met with it at Cape-Coast Castle. 



At Abouri we obtained one specimen of Campephaga quisca- 

 lina. C. phceuicea is also met with at Abouri : they are both 

 forest-birds. 



In the same locality we found Oriolus brachyrhjnchus and 0. 

 nigripennis plentiful, and occasionally shot them both out of the 

 same tree. 



Pholidauges leucogaster we saw near Accra, where they were in. 



