486 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Additional Collections of 



Two specimens were in the collection received from Mr. Hig- 

 gins. Dr. Hartlaub (/. c.) identifies a bird from Natal with this 

 species ; and Mr. Layard (B, S. Afr. p. 248) follows him. But 

 a comparison of a Natal example in my collection with the 

 Fantee specimens just received induces me to believe that the 

 two species are distinct ; for the southern bird is paler in colour 

 and has a longer wing, while the rufous of the breast extends 

 to the chin. It is of course possible that a lai'ge series from 

 both localities would show these differences to be worth nothing ; 

 but from the evidence in my own collection 1 regard the two 

 species as distinct. 



188. Dendropicus pyrrhogaster (Malh.) ; Hartl., Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1855, p. 351 ■ Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 180. 



One specimen in the collection received Irom Mr. Higgins ; 

 it has already been obtained in Fantee by Heer Pel. 



189. Phjsocephalus gulielmi (Jard.) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. 

 p. 480. Psittacus gulielmi, Hartl., Orn. Westafr. p. 167. 



A young specimen. Dr. Finsch (/. c.) describes birds from 

 the Gold Coast in the Leyden Museum, from which locality he 

 says the species is often brought alive. 



tl90. Peristera afra (L.) ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. p. 197. 

 Mr. Ussher has sent specimens of both old and young from 

 the Volta. 



tl91. TuRTUR sEMiTORQUATus, Riipp. ; Hartl., Orn. West- 

 afr. p. 196. 



From the Volta. 



192. Falco cuvieri, Smith, Qu. Journ. S. Afr. i. (1830) 

 p. 392. Falco boschi, Schl., Ned. Tijdschr. i. (1863) p. 123. 

 Mr. Ussher obtained one specimen, on the river Volta. 



tl93. TiNNUNCULUs ALAUDARius, G. E,. Gray; Hartl., Orn. 

 Westafr. p. 9. 



One specimen in Mr. Ussher^s collection. He writes that it 

 was shot on Connor's Hill, Cape Coast, by Dr. Hinde, Decem- 

 ber 1869. 



194. Pernis apivorus (L.); Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 

 p. 360; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 10. 



