the small native ' crooms,' or hamlets, in the interior. The hast specimen I collected for 

 I\Ir. Sharpe was one of a pair that had selected for their nidification the overhanging 

 rafters of an empty room in a small country-house hclongiug to the Wesleyan Mission, 

 where I happened to he staying. I have never seen them away from huildings ; nor 

 have I observed them in large towns. They are generally met with in pairs, and are 

 graceful and attractive in appearance. They appear to show great solicitude for their 

 young." The most southern locality as yet recorded for the species appears to be 

 Gaboon, whence the late M. Jules Verreaux received a specimen. Dr. de Rochebrune 

 speaks of the latter gentleman as the lUscocerer of the species in Gaboon, as well as at 

 Casamence ; but he, of course, means this only in the sense of J.ules Ven-eaux having 

 been the first to record its occurrence in these two localities, as he never personally 

 visited either of them to our knowledge. M. Beaudouin was, we believe, the correspon- 

 dent of the "Maison Verreaiix " at Casamence, and in Gaboon that great establishment 

 had several collectors at different periods. 



Nothing is known of the changes of plumage undergone by this species, which is 

 decidedly rare in collections. In the British Museum one specimen is much duller blue, 

 and has not so much white on the wing ; this may be the young bird. 



The description is taken from the ' Catalogue' of the British Museum ; the bird 

 iigured is in Capt. Shelley's collection, and was obtained near Accra. 



