Birds frum the Funtee Country. 487 



A beautiful speciuieii was siit by Mr. Usslier. It had beeu 

 already obtained in Fantee by Heer Pel. 



195. Syrnium nuchale, sp. n. 



Qu. S. tcoodfordi, Hartl., Orn. Westafr. p. 21 {nee A. Smith) ? 

 S. affiiie S. woodtovdi, sed multo saturatius, collo jjostico fasciis 

 latis albis notato ; i)ectore saturate brunneo, late albo trans- 

 fascia to. 



This bird, which Mr. Gurney agrees with me in considering- 

 to be undescribed, seems to be the West- African representative 

 of Sijrninm woodfordi ; and it will be interesting to find out whe- 

 ther that species occurs in West Africa at all. This would 

 appear to be the case, if Dr. HartlauVs description (Orn. 

 Westafr. p. 21) be really taken from a West- African specimen ; 

 for it agrees with specimens from South Africa in the Norwich 

 Mut,eum. The piincipal points of distinction between this new 

 species and the true S. woodfordi are its much darker colour- 

 ing, the almost entire absence of white on the scapulars, and the 

 very distinct white bars on the hinder portion of the neck. 



tl96. Glareola cinerea, Fras. ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 211. 



Two specimens of this rare Pratincole are in Mr. Ussher's 

 last collection from the Volta. 



197. ^5!]gialitis marginatus (Vieill.) ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 216. 



Two specimens in Mr. Ussher's last collection from the VoUa. 

 Weiss has procured it also on the Gold Coast [teste Hartlaub) ; 

 and as he collected in Fantee, the species is probably not new to 

 the locality. 



198. Butorides atricapilla (Afzel.) ; Hartl., J. f. 0. 1855, 

 p. 361 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 223. 



One specimen, from the Volta. 



199. Ardea schistacea, Licht. ; Hartl., J. f. 0. 1855, p. 361. 

 One specimen, from the Volta. 



t200. Ortygometra angolensis, Hartl., Ibis, 1862, p. 340. 

 For a specimen of this bird I am indebted to the kindness of 



