"L PARK. 



THE IBIS 



EIGHTH SERIES. 

 No. VII. JULY 1902. 



XXIIT. — On the Birds of the Gold Coast Colony and its 

 Hinterland. By Capt. Boyd Alexander. 



[Concluded from p. 333.] 



(Plates VIII. & IX.) 



180. Ch/Etura ussheri Sharpe. 



Chaetura ussheri Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 488, pi. x. 



Two adult males from Gouieri, Gold Coast Hinterland. 



This species appears to be rare in collections. There are 

 three specimens from Cape Coast in the British Museum. 



We obtained one of our birds out of a pair that were 

 breeding in the hollow trunk of a baobab-tree. It was 

 impossible to see the nest; the birds went down into the 

 trunk from a hole at the top of the tree. 



181. Cypselus affinis Hardw. 



Microims affinis Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 453. 



Kwobia, several specimens. 



Found in small colonies in the Hinterland around the 

 native villages, making use of the huts to build in. 



"April 14, Gambaga. — Within the last few days, rain 

 having fallen, a number of these Swifts appeared flying round 

 the native huts and tall baobab-trees. Their flight is strong 

 and very steady, as they glide at times through the air with 

 motionless wings. They breed in April and are said to be 

 resident at Gambaga.^' 



SER. VIII. VOL. II. 3 B 



