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6. Butalis grisola (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 42. no. 391. 

 One specimen. 



7. Elminia longicauda (Sw.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 42. 

 no. 400. 



Four specimens. 



8. Bias musicus (V.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 43. no. 403. 

 An adult male. 



9. Platystira cyanea (Mull.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 44. 

 no. 412. 



A large series of specimens, containing both sexes and the young 

 birds. 



10. Hirundo ^thiopica (Blanf.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 46, 

 no. 432. 



The first occurrence of this Swallow in Western Africa. I 

 have compared it with several specimens from North-eastern Africa 

 in the British Museum, and I have no hesitation in pronouncing it 

 to be H. cethiopica. It is not quite so purple as Bogos-Land skins ; 

 but this is probably due to the fact of its having been preserved in 

 spirits. 



11. TURDUS ICTERORHYNCHUS, Cab. 



T.pelios, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 21. no. 187 (nee Bp.). 

 Four specimens. 



12. Criniger simplex (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 22. 

 no. 197. 



Four specimens. 



13. Pycnonotus barbatus (Desf); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 23. 

 no. 214. 



Five specimens. 



14. Cossypha verticalis, Hartl. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 26. 

 no. 237. 



Three specimens. 



15. Hypolais opaca (Licht.) ; Dresser, B. Eur. part xxviii. 

 One specimen. 



16. Cinnyris fuliginosus (Shaw). 



Nectarinia fuliginosa, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 39. no. 362. 

 One specimen. 



17. Cinnyris splendidus (Shaw). 



Nectarinia splendida, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 38. no. 357. 

 One specimen. 

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