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Bubulcus lucidus Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 213. 



Busunu. 



This Heron frequents the old guinea-corn fields. 



263. BUTORIDES ATRICAPILLA Afz, 



Butorides atricapilla Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi, p. 172 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 6 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. 

 p. 407 (Gambaga). 



Gambaga. 



Usually found near running streams. 



264. Scopus umbretta Gm. 



Scopus umbretta Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 288; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1897, p. 5 (Togoland). 

 Gambaga. 



265. CicoNiA ALBA Bechst. 



Ciconia ciconia Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 299. 



At Daboya and Gambaga there were large colonies of the 

 White Stork, especially at the former place, where the tall 

 baobab-trees were covered with their bulky nests. They 

 breed in December, and leave with their young in May, before 

 the rains commence. 



266. Phalacrocorax africanus (Gm.). 

 Phalacrocorax africanus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 407 ; 



Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 2 (Togoland) 

 River Volta. 



267. Plotus levaillanti Licht. 



Plotus levaillanti Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 161 ; Reichen, J. f, 0. 

 1897, p. 2 (Togoland). 



Plotus rufus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 412. 

 River Volta. 



268. LiMNOCORAX NIGER (Gm.). 



Limnocorax niger Sharpe, Cat, B. xxiii. p. 150. 

 River Volta. 



269. TURNIX LEPURANA (Smitli), 



Tiirnix lepurana Grant, Cat, B. xxii. p. 539. 



Accra. 



Common on the Accra Plains. 



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