53 Mr. II. B. Shai-pe on a Collection of 



III. — On a Fourth Collection of Birds fi-om the Fantee Countrij. 

 By R. B. Sharpe, 



(Plates II., III.) 



This collection was received by Mr. Higgins in July 1869, and 

 was immediately handed over to me for determination. Though 

 scarcely so rich in species as the last*, it nevertheless contains many 

 interesting birds, several of which are recorded from the Fantee 

 Country for the first time ; and these are, as in my former lists, 

 distinguished by having a dagger (f) prefixed to their names. 



t97. Crateropus reinwardti, Swains.; Hartl., Orn. West- 

 afr. p. 78. 



One specimen. I do not think it has been met with before 

 so far south. 



t98. Criniger pallescens (Hartl.) ; Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 

 1867, p. 20. 



One specimen. This is an aberrant Criniger, and might well 

 be separated as a Pyrrhura. 



99. Andropadus latirostris, Strickl.; Hartl., j£)urn. f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 360 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 87. 



One specimen, identical with others in my collection from the 

 Gambia. 



100. CossYPHA cyanocampter (Cab.) ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 360; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 76. 



A single specimen in bad condition. Also sent from Dabo- 

 croin by Heer Pel. 



101. Cossyfha VERTTCALis, Hartl., Orn. Westafr. p. 77. 

 Two specimens. Procured by Weiss at Elmina. 



tl02. Nectarinia superba (Vieill.) ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 45. 



The collection contains a single specimen of this most beau- 

 tiful Sun-bird, which is quite new to the locality. 



103. Nectarinia fantensis, sp. n. 

 N. supra chryseo-viridis, uropygio olivascente, rectricibus supra- 

 caudalihus cupreo nitentibus ; remigihns brvmieis, extus oli- 

 * Cf. Ibi.«, 18(10, p. r!81. 



