Birds of the Gold Coast Colony h^c. 291 



Adult $ , Gambaga, 2/4/01 . Total length (measured in the 

 flesh) 57 inches, wing ^7, culmen -07, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-4, 

 Iris brown ; upper mandible brown, lower horn-coloured \ 

 legs and feet brown. 



Adult ? , Sekwi, 9/5/01. Total length (measured in the 

 flesh) 5-2 inches, wing 3-4, tail 2 3, culmen 'OZS, tarsus 0-4. 



21. MoTACiLLA FLAVA Linn. 



Motacilla flava Sharpe, Cat. B, x. p. 516, pi. vi. figs. 3-5 

 (1885) (Gold Coast) ; Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 286 (1900). 



Budytes flavus Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 390 (Togoland) ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 43 (Togoland). 



On April 22, 1901, several parties of these Wagtf?,ils put 

 in an appearance for the first time at Gambaga. Another 

 batch appeared by the Prah Elver, Oct. 26, 1900. 



22. Anthus trivialis Linn. 



Anthus trivialis Sharpe, Cat. B, x. p. 543 (1885) ; Reichen. 

 J. f. 0. 1891, p. 390 (Togoland) ; Reichen. J, f. O. 1897, 

 p. 42 (Togoland). 



Single individuals were now and then observed from 

 December onwards, and a specimen was obtained at Gam-? 

 baga in March. 



23. Macronyx croceus (Vieill.). 



Macronyx croceus Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p, 481 (Fantee) ; 

 Reichen. & Luhd. J. f. O. 1873, p. 217 (Accra) ; Ussher, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 70 (Volta) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 42 

 (Togoland). 



First observed at Gonieri, near Salaga, and thence by the 

 Volta down to Accra. "We have no record of this species 

 from Gambaga, nor from the west of the Hinterland. It 

 breeds in May. 



24. Mirafra buckle yi (Shelley). 

 Calandrella backleyi Shelley, Ibis, 1873, p. 142. 

 Mirafra buckleyi Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 599. 



Our specimens obtained at Gambaga in January and 

 February are in fresh plumage : the vinous on the crown, 

 nape, and mantle is very distinct ; while the wing-coverts 



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