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Not uncommon in the morning on the gravelly slopes of 
Fort Victoria and the other eminences round Cape-Coast 
Castle, where it appears to bask in the sun, taking short flights 
among the surrounding hushes. It is gregarious. 
100. Cotyle cincta (Bodd.): Sharpe, p. 45. 
I never met with this Martin hut once, up the river Volta, 
where I shot it on a bough overhanging the water ; hut as 
great numbers of Swallows appeared skimming the surface 
of the water, I do not doubt that C. cincta was among them. 
The specimen then collected was one of a pair. 
101. Hirundo rustica, L.: Sharpe, p. 45. 
Specimens of this bird, not in complete plumage, have been 
shot by me on ConnoFs Hill, near Cape Coast, about the 
months of February and March. I was unfortunately not at 
first aware of its identity with the common Swallow of Europe, 
or I would have noticed its movements more particularly. It 
appears to leave the coast about April, as I never observed any 
after the 1st of May. 
102. Hirundo leucosoma, Sw. ; Sharpe, p. 46. 
Not very common in Fantee, although occasionally met 
with about the small native “ crooms,” or hamlets, in the in¬ 
terior. The last specimen I collected for Mr. Sharpe was one 
of a pair that had selected for their nidification the overhang¬ 
ing rafters of an empty room in a small country-house belong¬ 
ing to the Wesleyan Mission, where I happened to be staying. 
I have never seen them away from buildings; nor have I ob¬ 
served 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. 
103. Hirundo senegalensis, L.: Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 71. 
This handsome Swallow has only been observed by me on 
the plains of Accra, in the eastern districts of the Gold Coast, 
I never saw it in the forest. 
They are generally to be found in small companies of eight 
or ten perched on the tops of high decayed or leafless trees, 
and occasionally leave their posts for food, uttering a peculiar 
