Birds of St. Thomas' Island. 99 



impossible for a single bird to liave strayed across from the 

 mainland. 



The type is said to be preserved in the Coimbra Museum. 



Apart from these two specimens, no other examples have 

 ever been met with on the island of St. Tliomas, and until 

 further evidence is forthcoming we may safely assume that 

 it no longer exists as a resident form. 



10. "^Estrilda astrild sousae. 



Estrilda astrild sousce Reichw.Vog. Afrikas, iii. 1904, p. 182. 



Estrilda astrild (Linn.) ; Salvadori, Orn. Golio d. Guinea, 

 ii. 1903, p. 28. 



Estrilda occidentalis sousa Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 

 1905, p. 200. 



Estrilda astrilda Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, p. 81. 



a. S ad. (No. 126). Zalma. 6.ii.09. 



My remarks on this subspecies will be found in my recent 

 paper on " The Birds of Prince's Island," published in the 

 last number of ' The Ibis ' (p. 607). 



Unfortunately only the one specimen cited above was 

 obtained, and I am unable therefore to express any opinion 

 as to whether this subspecies is valid. 



I cannot determine the status of Sousa's Waxbill on St. 

 Thomas, for no field-notes are supplied by Alexander. 

 Newton found them " not rare," and was of opinion that 

 they had been introduced. 



11. *Heterhyphantes sancti-thomae. 



Heterhyphuntes sancti-thomce (Hartl.) ; Salvadori, Orn. 

 Golfo d. Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 28 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1905, p. 80. 



Sharpia sancti-thomcB Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 1905, 

 p. 335. 



a. S ad. (No. 6). Monte Cafe. 20.i.09. 



6. c? ad. (No. 15). „ . „ 22.i.09. 



c. S ad. (No. 46). Lake Amelia. 23.i.09. 



</,e. ? ? ad. (Nos.44,47). „ „ 24.i.09. 



/. ? ad. (No. 45). „ „ 25.i.09. 



^. ? imm. (No. 33). Zalma. 5.ii.09. 



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