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Birds of Tasso and adjoining Islands. 
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List of the Birds of Mdyahgba Island. 
*Tschagra senegala senegala. 
A single bird seen on 28 March. 
*Cisticola lateralis. 
Tolerably common, and in full song on 28 March. 
Platysteira cyanea cyanea. 
Breeding on the island on 27 March, when a specimen 
was procured. 
*Lybius bidentatus bidentatus. 
A single pair seen on 28 March. 
*Centropiis senegalensis senegalensis. 
Common. 
*Lophoceros semifasciatus. 
Scarce. Only one seen. 
*Bycanistes fistulator. 
A fairly common species. 
*Merops persicus chrysocercns. 
Only two seen 27 March. 
*Eurystomus afer afer. 
Only two or three seen. 
*Astur badius sphenurus. 
A single pair seen. 
*Spizaetus coronatus. 
One seen perched on the dead branch of a tall tree on 
28 March. Unfortunately, I was in the midst of an antelope 
drive, and so unable to shoot it. 
[This is apparently the first record of S. coronatus from 
Sierra Leone. Mr. Lowe is well acquainted with this West 
African species, and his identification may be relied upon. 
We have West African specimens in the British Museum 
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