290 Messrs. Shelley and Buckley on a 



Estrelda melpoda is abundant, usually met with in small flocks 

 on the roads about Cape Coast. 



Crithagra chrysopyga is a very common species and usually 

 in large flocks. Spermospiza hcematina is not very abundant, 

 and, as it keeps very much to the thick bush, is difficult to pro- 

 cure. Passer simplex resembles our House-Sparrow in all its 

 habits, and is extremely common. 



Anthus gouldi and Macronyx closeiis are abundant on the 

 plains of Accra, while Budytes flava is common everywhere. 



Milvus (Egyptius is common throughout the country, and often 

 met with at sea, preying probably upon dead fish, which we ob- 

 served them devour while on the wing, like a Gull. 



Elanus melanopterus we once observed at Accra, and at the 

 same locality killed Scops senegalensis on the 28th of February, 

 when we found its nest containing three eggs. 



Treron calva, Turtur senegalensis, T. semitorquatus, T. ery- 

 ihrophrys, and Peristera afra we met with plentifully throughout 

 the country. 



Francolinus bicalcaratus is sufficiently common about Accra to 

 afford fair sport. Turnix lepurana is also very abundant on the 

 plains. 



Eupodotis melanogastra we often saw near Accra, where they 

 are not shy. 



^gialitis intermedia and ^. marginata are common at the 

 Salt Ponds both of Accra and Cape Coast. 



Ardea schistacea is plentiful at Accra. 



Numenius arcuatus, N.pJmopus, and Tetanus calidris we saw on 

 several occasions. 



The following list is intended to form a suite to Mr. R. B. 

 Sharpe's papers in *' The Ibis ' "On the Birds of Fantee," and are 

 numbered accordingly. A dagger (f) is appended to the names of 

 such species as we believe to be hitherto unrecorded from Fantee. 



t272. Caprimulgus fulviventris, Hartl. 

 We shot two specimens of this rare Goatsucker at Quamin-fio, 

 near Accra, on the 11th of February. 



t273. Cypselus apus (L.). 

 Abundant throughout the country. 



