Birds of the Gold Coast Colony 6^c, 29X 
Adult (^ , Gambaga, 2/4/01 . Tot^l length (measured in the 
flesh) 57 inches, wing 3 7, culmen '07, tail 2*4, tarsus 0*4, 
Iris brown ; upper mandible brown_, lower horn-coloured ; 
legs and feet brown. 
Adult $ , Sekwi, 9/5/01. Total length (measured in the 
flesh) 5'2 inches, wing 3"4, tail 2 3, culmen "075, tarsus 0'4. 
21. MOTACILLA FLAVA Liuu. 
Motacilla flava Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 516, pi. vi. figs. 3-5 
(1885) (Gold Coast) ; Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 286 (1900). 
Budytes Jlavus Beichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 390 (Togoland) ; 
Beichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 43 (Togoland). 
On April 22, 1901, several parties o£ these Wagtails put 
in an appearance for the first time at Gambg-ga, Another 
batch appeared by the Prah Biver, Oct. 26, 1900, 
22. Anthus trivialis Linn. 
Anthus trivialis Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 543 (1885) ; Beichen, 
J. f. 0. 1891, p. 390 (Togoland) ; Beichen. J. f. O, 1897, 
p. 42 (Togoland). 
Single individuals were now and then observed froni 
December onwards, and a specimen was obtained at Gam-^ 
baga in March. 
23. Macronyx croceus (Vieill,). 
Macronyx croceus Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p, 481 (Fantee) ; 
Beichen. & Liihd. J. f. O. 1873, p. 217 (Accra) ; Ussher, 
Ibis, 1874, p. 70 (Volta) ; Beichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 42 
(Togoland). ' 
First observed at Gonieri, near Salaga, and thence by the 
Volta down to Accra, We have no record of this species 
from Gambaga, nor from the west of the Hinterland. It 
breeds in May. 
24. MiRAFRA BUCKLE Yi (Shelley). 
Calandrella buckleyi Shelley, Ibis, 1873, p. 142. 
Mirafra buckleyi Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 599. 
Our specimens obtained at Gambaga in January and 
February are in fresh plumage : the vinous on the crown, 
nape, and mantle is very distinct ; while the wing-coverts 
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