Birds of the Gold Coast Colony S^c. 307 



73. Onychognathus hartlaubi Gray. 

 Onychognathus hartlavhi Sharpe^ Cat. B. xiii. p. 166. 

 Prahsu and Kwissa. 



This species haunts hilly situations in the forest: it is not 

 found in the bush-country. 



74. CoRVus scAPULATUs Daud. 



Corvus scapulatus Shelley & Buckley^ Ibis, 1872, p. 289 

 (Accra) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 22. 



Common throughout the Hinterland, resorting in large 

 flocks towards evening to certain roosting-places. When 

 pairing, the male continually utters a crooning flute-like 

 note. 



75. Cryptorhina afra (Linn.). 



Cryptorhina afra Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 75 ; Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. vi. p. 412 (Gambaga). 



Garabaga. 



This is a common species in the open country, consorting 

 together in small flocks, and always to be found where cattle 

 are grazing. It nests in the tops of tall cocoa-nut trees. Its 

 flight is straight and steady, and, when travelling together, 

 these birds give vent to a series of short sharp cries, almost 

 in unison. 



The males have the iris claret-coloured, the females hazel. 



7i!>. DicRURUs AFER (Licht.). 



Dicrums afer Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 247 ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1901, p. 590. 



Prahsu, Fumsu, and Kwissa. 



This bird is common in the forest and enclosed country. 

 All our specimens have the crown, back, and upper tail- 

 coverts glossy violet-blue. 



77. DicRURUs coRAciNus Vcrr. 



Dicrurus coracinus Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 34 (Togo- 

 land) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1901, p. 590, 

 Gambaga and Krachi. 



Abundant in the open country, especially in cultivated 



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