376 On the Birds of the Gold Coast Colony ^c. 
In January we found this Sand-Grouse in pairs. Capt. 
Gifford obtained a young bird in the same month. 
There seems no doubt that the bird breeds in the Hinter- 
land. During the dry season it is fairly numerous, but as 
soon as the rains commence and the bush-grass becomes 
thick it disappears. 
276. Otis denhami Children. 
Otis denhami Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 185. 
Neotis denhami Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p 302. 
Salaga. 
At the end of March a few pairs of this Bustard appeared 
in the open localities around Gambaga. At Salaga, where the 
country is still more open, we came across two young birds. 
277. Otis melamogaster Riipp. 
Otis melanogaster Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 185. 
Lissotis melanogaster Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 306. • 
Kwobia. 
A single individual observed. It was very tame and easily 
approached. 
278. Otis senegalensis Vieill. 
Otis senegalensis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 186. 
Trachelotis melanogaster Sliarpe_, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 310. 
Binduri (north of Gambaga). 
Five individuals of this rare Bustard were seen on stretches 
of stone-strewn ground at Binduri, about 60 miles north of 
Gambaga. We never observed it anywhere else. 
279. LOBIVANELLUS ALBICEPS (Gould). 
Lobivanellus albiceps Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 4 (Togo- 
land) ; Hartert_, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 404 (Gambaga). 
Biver Volta. 
280. Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.). 
Totanus hypoleucus Keichen. J. f. 0. 1897, p. 4 (Togoland). 
Tringoides hypoleucus Sharpe^ Cat. B. xxiv. p. 456 ; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 404 (Gambaga). 
Biver Fum, Fumsu. 
