Birds from the Fantee Country. 385 



N. affinis N. cinereocapillpe, sed valde minor, et uropygio dilute 

 cinereo, haud albo distinguenda. 



This new Nigrita is closely allied to N. cinereocapilla from 

 Fernando Po, of which a good figure is given in Mr. Fraser^s 

 ' Zoologia Typica ' (pi. 48) . It will at once be observed, 

 howevei', that the bird represented in the accompanying plate 

 is very much smaller, and does not possess the white rump of 

 the insular species. A further examination of the types in the 

 British Museum confirmed my conviction as to their specific 

 distinctness. The following are the measurements of the type- 

 specimens of the two species : — 



Total length. Wing. Tail. 



A^. cinereocapilla (Fernando Po) . . 4*9 . . 2*7 . . 1*9 

 N. emilicB (Fantee) 4-3 . . 2-5 . . 1-7 



7Q. Berenicornis albocristata (Cass.). Buceros albo- 

 cristatiis, Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 361 ; Id., Orn. West- 

 afr. p. 163. 



Two specimens of this very beautiful Hornbill. Heer Pel sent 

 it also from Ashantee. 



77. BucoRAx ABYssiNicus (Gmcl.) ; Buceros abyssinicus, 

 Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 361 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 165. 



One specimen. Procured also at Accra by Heer Pel. 



78. Merops erythropterus, Gmel.; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 40. 



One specimen. Not included in the list of Heer Pel's birds, 

 but sent by Weiss from Elmiua. 



,79. Meropiscus gularis (Shaw) ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 360 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 42. 

 One specimen. 



80. MusoPHAGA GiGANTEA, Vieill. ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 361; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 42 ; Schl. & Westerm., 

 Monogr. Toerako's, pi. 12. 



One very fine specimen. 



81. Ceryle rudis (Linn.) ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 

 p. 360 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 37. 



One female specimen is in the present collection. 



