142 On six new Species of West -African Birds. 



white specks on the sides of the chest. Beak slaty grey ; tarsi, 

 feet, and claws slaty brown, irides dark brown. 



Entire length 3' 70, culmen 0*45 ; wing, carpus to tip, 2*00 ; 

 tail 1-50, tarsus 050. 



An immature specimen has the nape, back, and wings washed 

 with yellowish brown, no white specks on the sides of the 

 chest ; lower parts of the chest and abdomen yellowish-brown 

 sparingly mottled with ruby-red. 



The descriptions are taken from three specimens collected 

 by myself at Cape-Coast Castle on the 6th of March. 



This species is nearly as abundant as L. rnfopicta, which 

 it resembles in its habits, being met with in small flocks at 

 the edge of thick brushwood, and often feeding on the paths, 

 especially the wider ones, or in the clearings. 



6. Calandrella buckleyi, sp. nov. 



Forehead, crown, and back of the neck rufous brown, each 

 feather with a central stripe of brownish black; back and 

 scapulars dark brown, with paler edges to the feathers ; rump 

 nearly uniform brown, shading into rufous on the upper tail- 

 coverts, the two centre ones of which are elongated and have 

 a brownish black stripe down their centres. The tail has the 

 two centre feathers rufous, with a nearly black stripe down 

 their centres, of varying thickness ; outer feather and outer 

 web of the next one rufous buff, the former having the inner 

 web partially edged with brownish black ; remainder of the tail 

 brownish black. Wings brown, the feathers edged with buff; 

 most of the wing-coverts shading into brownish black towards 

 their extremities, which have a partial bar of rufous with a 

 broad buffy white edging. Sides of the head mottled with 

 dark brown, border of the ear-coverts uniform buff. Under- 

 parts buff, palest on the chin, throat, and centre of the abdo- 

 domen, and shaded with yellowish rufous on the front of 

 the chest, flanks, and tail-coverts ; the feathers on the front 

 of the chest have a more or less perfect brown spot at their 

 ends. Beak brownish flesh-colour, shading into dark brown 

 towards the culmen and end of the lower mandible ; tarsi, 

 feet, and claws flesh-colour : irides brown. 



