Birds from Sierra Leone. 



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On one occasion, when carrying out practice with 

 mountain-guns, one of my subalterns put up a Bush-Fowl 

 off a nest containing five eggs, Avhicli was in a tuft of grass 

 about six or eight yards in the rear of two guns which had 

 just been fired. I and several men must have walked nearly 

 over the nest several times. 



This species has at least two if not more broods during 

 the year. 



Coturnix coturnix. 



I only saw one or two pairs of these birds, in the same 

 locality as E. adansoni. 



Excalfactoria adansoni. 



These Quails were pretty common in the open plains 

 covered with three-foot-high grass, near Waterloo, about 

 20 miles south-east of Freetown. After being flushed once 

 or twice they would allow one almost to tread on them before 

 they would rise again. 



Examples of the following species were also obtained by 

 me in Sierra Leone, but I have no special notes in regard 

 to tbem : — 



OrioKdce. 



Oriolus nigripennis. 



Ploceid<B. 



Estrilda occidentalis. 

 Malimbus scutatus. 

 Coliuspasser concolor. 

 Spermestes bicolor. 

 S. cucullata. 



Ploceipasser superciliosus. 

 Melanopteryx fuscocastaneus, 

 Quelea erythrops. 



Nectar iniidce. 



Ckalcomitra verticalis. 

 C. obscura. 



Cinnyris chloropygius. 

 Anthr«ptes idiua. 



Zosteropidce. 



Zosterops senegalensia. 



Sylviidce. 



Oisticola strangei. 

 C. lateralis. 

 C. rufa. 

 C. swanzii, 

 C. erythrops. 

 Prinia sp. ? 



Timeliidee, 



Turdinus hypoleucus. 



PycnonotidcB, 



Andropadua gracilis. 

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