110 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



Sipfnor Fea obtained specimens in August and October 

 1900. 



On the west coast of Africa the range of the Rosy-faced 

 Love-bird extends from the Gold Coast to the Congo. 



34. *Flammea flammea thomensis. 



Strix thomensis (Hartl.) ; Salvadori, Cm. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 31 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 73. 



a,b. S S ad. (Nos.86,87). Zalma. 10.ii.09. 



c,d. ^ "i ad. (Nos.84,85). „ ll.ii.09. 



This fine dark form of the Barn-Owl is confined to the 

 island of St. Thomas, where it is evidently not yet entirely 

 exterminated, as Fea obtained a pair and Alexander four 

 examples during the time they spent on the island. It is, 

 as Count Salvadori remarks, a very rare bird in collections, 

 and the four examples enumerated above are new to the 

 British Museum collection. 



35. Otus leucopsls. 



Athene leucupsis Hartlaub, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1840, 

 p. 496. 



Scops scapulatus Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Sci. Lisboa, 1888, 



p. 229. 



Pisorhina leucopsis Rcichenow, Vogel Afrikas, i. 1901, 



p. 667. 



Pisorhina scapulatus Rcichenow, Vcigel Afrikas, i. 1901, 



p. 668. 



Scops leucopsis Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, ii. 1903, 

 p. 33; Bocnge, Jorn. Acad. Sci. Lisboa, 1891, p. 77; id. 

 1905, p. 72. 



Scops leucopsis (Forma rufa) Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 34. 



Unfortunately I have not been able to examine any spe- 

 cimens of Scops Owl from St. Thomas, and therefore can 

 arrive at no conclusions on the supposed validity of Otvts 

 scapulatus (Boc). Count Salvadori obtained through Signor 

 Fea three examples of Otus from St. Thomas. The first, he 

 says, is similar to the figure of 0. leucopsis, with a plumage 



