256 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 



[The Trek Duyker, a name derived from the Dutch and 

 meaning " diver/' appears to be the most plentiful of all the 

 Cormorants, and is found well out from the coast and 

 islands. It is generally seen flying in V-shaped flocks or 

 long lines. — W. P. L.] 



BUTORIDES STURMI (Wagl.). 



Ar delta sturmi Reich, i. p. 368. 



a.?. Nanna Kru. 22nd Jan., 1911. (No. 389.) 



Iris yellow ; upper mandible including nostril brownish, 

 under mandible greenish yellow ; tarsus dirty green, soles 

 of feet yellow ; joints of legs and feet light green. 



Total length in the flesh 14^ inches ; expanse 24 inches. 



The body of this bird was infested with bright red ticks, 

 causing swellings. 



[The specimen obtained was the only one noticed ; the 

 bird is exceedingly hard to see in the mangroves. The other 

 small Heron, B. atricapillu, was, on the other hand, extremely 

 plentiful.— W. P. L.] 



CEdicnemus vermiculatus Cab. 



(Edicneinus vermiculatus Reich, i. p. 200. 



a. ? . Nanna Kru. 31st Dec, 1910. (No. 210.) 



Iris yellow ; bill black, green at the base and at the tip ; 

 feet greenish. 



Total length in the flesh 16 inches ; expanse of wings 

 27 inches. 



[This bird was common up some of the Liberian lagoons, 

 and was occasionally seen on the coast. — W. P. L.] 



Galactochrysea LI berime (Schl.). 



G I areola liber ice Reich, i. p. 148. 



o,b. S ?• Nanna Kru. 1st Jan., 1911. (Nos. 233, 

 258.) 



Iris brown ; bill black, base red ; feet red. 



Total length in the flesh 7\ inches ; expanse of wings 

 16^ inches. 



[This bird is rare along the coast but very plentiful on the 

 lagoons, where I have seen as many as fifty or sixty together. 

 — W. P. L.] 



