Birds of the Gold Coast Colony ^c. 373 
Bubulcus lucidus Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 213. 
Busunu. 
This Heron frequents the old guinea-corn fields. 
263. BUTORIDES ATRICAPILLA Afz. 
Butorides atricapilla Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 172 ; Reiehen. 
J. f. O. 1897, p. 6 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. 
p.. 407 (Gambaga). 
Gambaga. 
Usually found near running streams. 
264. Scopus umbretta Gm. 
Scopus umbretta Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 288; Reiehen. 
J. f. O. 1897, p. 5 (Togoland). 
Gambaga. 
265. CicoNiA ALBA Bechst. 
Ciconia ciconia Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 299. 
At Daboya and Gambaga there were large colonies of the 
White Stork, especially at the former place, where the tall 
baobab-trees were covered with their bulky nests. They 
breed in December, and leave with their young in May, before 
the rains commence. 
266. PhALACROCORAX AFRICANUS (Gm.). 
Phalacrocoraoc africanus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 407 ; 
Reiehen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 2 (Togoland) 
River Volta. 
267. Plotus levaillanti Licht. 
Plotus levaillanti Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 161 ; Reiehen. J. f. 0. 
1897, p. 2 (Togoland). 
Plotus rufus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 412. 
River Volta. 
268. LiMNOCORAX NIGER (Gm.). 
Limnocorax niger Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 150. 
River Volta. 
269. TURNIX LEPURANA (Smitlj). 
Turnix lepurana Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 539. 
Accra. 
Common on the Accra Plains. 
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