332 Capt. B. Alexander on the 



170. ELMINrA LONGICAUDA (S\V.). 



Elminia longicauda Sliarpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 363; Reich- ii. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 27 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. 

 p. 419 (Ganibaga). 



Gambaga and Kraclii. 



Locally distributed, haunting the belts of fish-canes near 

 the streams. 



171. Tkochocekcus nitens Cass. 



Trochocercus nitens Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 301 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 28 (Togoland). 

 Prahsu. 



172. Terpsiphone cristata (Gm.). 



Terpsiphone viridis Reichcn. J. f. 0. 1897, p. 27 (Togo- 

 land) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 419 (Gambaga). 



Terpsijjhone cristata Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 354 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1891, p. 383 (Togoland). 



Gambaga and Krachi. 



In our adult male the middle tail-feathers are pure white, 

 a few of the others are still in a transitional stage, changing 

 without a moult from red to pure white with black siiafts. 

 In our young male the tail-feathers are red, changing to 

 white, the secondaries being broadly edged with white. In 

 the adult female the tail-feathers are uniform red, the 

 secondaries being edged with chestnut. 



173. Terpsiphone nigriceps (Temm.). 



Terpsiphone niyriceps Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 359 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 28 (Togoland). 



Prahsu and Fumsu. 



Our two female specimens, obtained at Px-ahsu and 

 Fumsu, are much less brigbt on the upper parts tlian the 

 male; the crowns are dull velvety black, with little or no 

 gloss on the feathers ; the tail-feathers are dirty reddish 

 brown. 



In the British Museum there are three specimens of this 

 species from Ashanti, which are similar to our female 

 examples. 



