100 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



Iris brown ; upper mandible brownish liorn-colour^ lower 

 mandible pale horn ; legs and feet pale flesh-colour. 



The St. Thomas Weaver-bird is restricted to the island 

 after which it is named. 



The young female (No. 33) which Alexander obtained 

 difi'ers from the adult in lacking the black on the head and 

 crown and the rufous yellow on the sides of the neck, the 

 plumage of the entire upper parts being dull brown shading 

 into rust-colour on the upper tail-coverts, the throat Avhite 

 and the underparts whitish, washed with pale rust-brown. 

 The bill is similarly coloured to the adult. 



Alexander has supplied the following note on this 

 species : — " Frequents the wooded portions of the hills. It 

 is much addicted to running up the branches in search of 

 insects, after the mauner of a Woodpecker." 



12. '^Hyphantornis grandis. 



Hyphantornis grandis Gould; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, iv. 1903, p. 27 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 80 ; Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 1905, p. 430. 



a. S ad. (No. 17). Rio Grande. 27. i. 09. 



b. ? ad. (No. 132). Zalma. 4. ii. 09. 



c. ? ad. (No. 92). „ 4.ii.09. 



d. ? ad. (No. 91). „ 7.ii.09. 



e. ? ad. (No. 93). „ 8.ii.09. 



The Great Black-headed Weaver-bird is very abundant 

 on St. Thomas, to which island it is restricted. Alexander 

 notes that it is found in the vicinity of the cocoa-plantations 

 on the lower ground. 



The specimens collected call for no special remark. 



13. Hyphantornis capitalis. 



Hyphantornis capitalis (Lath.) ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 27 ; Shelley, Birds of Africa, iv. 1905, 

 p. 438. 



Apparently there is some doubt as to whether this Weaver- 

 bird is actually an inhabitant of St. Thomas. Bocage 

 referred a specimen which he obtained from St. Thomas to 



