96 Mr. T). A. Bannerman on the 



a. S ad. (Xo. 4). Monte Cafe. 20. i. 09. 



b,c. S S ad. (Nos. 38, 39). Lake Amelia. 25. i. 09. 



d. S ad. (No. 127). Zalraa. 4. ii. 09. 



The White- breasted Whydah is said by Newton to be 

 very plentiful on the island of St. Thomas. It is not found 

 on Prinee's Island or Annobon^ but Alexander obtained it 

 on Fernando Po. 



In Africa it is very generally distributed. 



In St. Thomas Alexander found it common on the hills 

 near Monte Cafe. All the specimens obtained were in 

 breeding plumage. 



4. ^Steganura paradisea. 



Steganura paradisea (Linn.) ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 30 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 82. 



Vidua paradisea Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 1905, p. 25. 



a. ^ ad. (No. 128). Zalma. 4. ii. 09. 



The single example of the Paradise Whydah, obtained by 

 Alexander, is in full breeding-plumage. 



Shelley gives the range of this species as ''Africa generally 

 south of 17° N. lat.,'^ and notes that "the only specimen 

 recorded from St. Thomas was probably a cage-bird/* 

 The example which Alexander obtained shows no sign of 

 having been in captivity, and is, in fact, a particularly fine 

 specimen in beautiful plumage. It seems probable that if 

 S. paradisea is not a gennine inhabitant of St. Thomas it 

 may occasionally wander there from the mainland. It is 

 not found in Fernando Po. 



5. ■^Pyromelana flammiceps. 

 Pyroinelanafiammiceps Swains. ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 



1905, p. 38 ; Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 1905, p. 104. 

 a. S ad. (No. 73). Near Sao Thome. 31.i.09. 



b,c. S S ad. (Nos. 69, 70). „ „ „ l.ii.09. 



d. ci ad. (No. 72). „ „ „ 2.ii.09. 



e. S ad. (No. 129). Zalma. 7.ii.09. 

 The Fire-crowned Bishop-bird has been obtained in 



