192 1.] Bh'ds of Tasso and adjoining Islands. 281 



List of the Birds of j\Ia>/aJufha Island. 



*Tscliagra senegala senegala. 



A sinule l)ird seen on ^(S March. 



*Cisticola lateralis. 



Tolerably coiuinon, and in fnll song on 2S March. 



Platysteira cyanea cyanea. 



Breeding on the island on 27 March, when a specimen 

 was procured. 



*Lybiiis bidentatns bidentatus. 

 A single pair seen on 2<S March. 



^Centropiis senegalensis senegalensis. 



Oommon. 



*Loplioceros semifasciatus. 



Scarce. Only one seen. 



*Bycanistes fistnlator. 

 A fairly common species. 



*Merops persicus chrysoceixiis. 



Only two seen 27 March. 



*Eiirystoimis afer afer. 



()nly two or thi'ee se<Mi. 



*Astiir badius sphenuriis. 



A single pair seen. 



*Spizaetus coronatiis. 



One seen perched on the dead branch of a tall tree on 

 28 March. Unfortunately, I was in the midst of an antelope 

 drive, and so unable to shoot it. 



[This is apparently the first record of S. coronatus from 

 Sierra Leone. Mr. Lowe is well acquainted with this A¥est 

 African species, and his identification may be relied upon. 

 We have West African specimens in the British Museum 



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