THE IBIS 
EIGHTH SERIES. 
No. VII. JULY 1902. 
XXIII.— O/i the Birds of the Gold Coast Colony and its 
Hinterland. By Capt. Boyd Alexander. 
[Concluded from p. 338.] 
(Plates VIII. & IX.) 
180. Ch/Etura ussheri Sharpe. 
Chcetura ussheri Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 488, pi. x. 
Two adult males from Gonieri, Gold Coast Hinterland. 
This species appears to be rare in collections. There are 
three specimens from Cape Coast in the British Museum. 
We obtained one of our birds out of a pair that were 
breeding in the hollow trunk of a baobab-tree. It was 
impossible to see the nest ; the birds went down into the 
trunk from a hole at the top of the tree. 
181. Cypselus affinis Hardw. 
Micropus affinis Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 453. 
Kwobia, several specimens. 
Found in small colonies in the Hinterland around the 
native villages, making use of the huts to build in. 
"April 14, Gambaga. — Within the last few days, rain 
having fallen, a number of these Swifts appeared flying round 
the native huts and tall baobab-trees. Their flight is strong 
and very steady, as they glide at times through the air with 
motionless wings. They breed in April and are said to be 
resident at Gambaga."*' 
SER. VIII. VOL. II. 2 B 
