Birds of the Gold Coast Colony S^c. 301 



together in large flocks. We found a number of nests 

 attached to the high elephant-grass, which we cleared away 

 the day after the Port had been relieved. 



49. EsTBiLDA CAPisTRATA Hartl. 



Estrilda capistrata Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 259 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. xiii. p. 390, note (1890). 



Pytelia sharpii Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 303 (1890). 



Pytelia capistrata (Hartl.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 39 

 (Togoland). 



Adult c?, 22/5/01, Krachi. 



50. Lagonosticta nigricollis (Heugl.). 

 Lagonosticta nigricollis Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 286; Hartert, 



Nov. Zool. vi. p. 413 (Gambaga) ; Alexander, Bull. B. 0. C. 

 vol. xii. p. 12 (Gambaga j. 



Rare, found at Gambaga and Binduri. 



51. Pytelia phcenicoptera Sw. 



Pytelia phoenicoptera Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 301 ; Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. vi. p. 413. 



Gambaga, but not common. 



52. Spermospiza h^ematina (VieilL). 



Spermospiza hamatina Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii, p. 498 ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 389, et 1897, p. 38 (Togoland). 

 An adult r&ale was obtained at Prahsu. 



53. Ploceipasser suPERciLiosus (Rlipp.). 

 Ploceipasser superciliosus Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 248 ; 



Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 413 (1899) (Gambaga). 



A pair was obtained at Gambaga. This species is locally 

 distributed ; it lives in small colonies. 



Our specimens agree with examples from Abyssinia and 

 with another from Senegambia in the British Museum. 



54. Anaplectes melanotis (Lafr.). 



Anaptectes melanotis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 35; Hartert, 

 Nov. ^ool. vi. p. 414 (Gambaga). 

 Occasionally observed. 



