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27. ^Chrysococcyx smaragdineus. 



Chnjsocncci/.i- sinaraf/flineus (Swains.) ; Salvadori, Orn. 

 Golfo (1. Guinea, ii. 1L03, p. 35 ; Bocage, Joru. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1905, p. 35. 



a. c? ad. (No. 7). Monte Cafe. 20.i.09. 



b. S ad. (No. 90). Zalraa. 10. ii. 09. 



The Emerald Cuckoo was first obtained in St. Thomas by 

 Weiss in 1847 ; it does not appear to have been procured 

 again until Alexander visited the island and shot the two 

 specimens recorded above ; he remarks that they frequented 

 the high trees at Monte Cafe, with which the hillside was 

 scattered. C. smaragdineus is probably a very rare species 

 in the island. 



28. *Micropus aflBnis. 



Cypselus ajfi/iis (Gray) ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, 

 ii. 1903, p. 31 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, p. 75. 

 «, i. ? ? ad. (Nos. 56, 57). Sfio Thome. 28.i.09. 



c. Unlabelled specimen. 



This widely distributed Swift is according to Fca " not 

 rare on the island of St. Tliomas.'^ 



29. ChaBtura thomensis. 



Chatura thomensis Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. x. 1900, p. 53 ; 

 id. Nov. Zool. viii. 1901, p. 425, pi. vii. fig. 1 ; Salvadori, 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 31 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. 

 Lisboa, 1905, p. 75. 



a. $ ad. (No. 53). Monte Cafe. 21.i.09. 



h. $ ad. (No. 74). Near Sao Thome. 31. i. 09. 



c. ? ad. (No. 131). Zalma. 5.ii.09. 



This Swift is apparently confined to St. Thomas. 



Alexander remarks that it is " fairly common in the higher 

 altitudes." 



30. Coracias garrula. 



Curacias garnda Linn. ; Salvadori, Orn Golfo d. Guinea, 

 ii. 1903, p. 33; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, p. 73. 



