98 . Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



a. <^ ad. (No. 5). Monte Cafe. 20.i.09. 



Iris brown ; bill blackish horn-colour ; legs and feet 

 brownish flesh-colour. 



, St. Thomas is the type locality of the Dark-throated Red- 

 headed Dioch, where it is said to be abundant. It has an 

 extensive range on the mainland. 



Alexander found it frequenting the maize-plots on the 

 hill. 



8. ^Spermestes cucullata. 



Spermestes cucullata Swains. ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 29 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 82 ; Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 1905, p. 167. 



a. ? ad. (No. 79). Near Sao Thome. l.ii.09. 



b. S jiiv. (No. 125). Zalraa. 5.ii.09. 

 Alexander found Swainson's Bronze-Mannikin common 



on St. Thomas. It was breeding at the time of his visit. 



9. Lagonosticta perreini thomensis. 



Lagonosticta thomensis Sousa ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, i. 1903, p. 28 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 81. . 



Estrilda perremi thomensis Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 

 1905, p. 219. 



According to Count Salvador! this little Weaver-Finch 

 is very closely allied to L. incana and by some considered 

 only as a variety. 



Shelley considered it to be a subspecies of L. perreini 

 and scarcely recognisable, while Reichenow believed it to be 

 a distinct species ! 



It appears to be doubtful whether the bird described by 

 Sousa as E. thomensis ever inhabited St. Thomas. The type 

 is said to have been obtained there by MoUer in 1885, but 

 Shelley points out that no mention is made of the specimen 

 in the list of his collection published in 1887. 



A second specimen was obtained according to Shelley at 

 Guadalupe, which is apparently a village on the coast of 

 St. ThomaSj but, as Shelley remarks, it is by no means 



