660 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on Birds 



Swainson's Bronze Mannikiii i-anges over West Africa 

 from Senegarabia to Angola and eastwards to Victoria 

 Nyanza. I liave also recorded it from Princes Island 

 (Ibis, 1914, p. 606) and the Island of St. Thomas (Ibis, 

 1915, p. 98), where Alexander procured it. 



41 , Heterhyphantes insignis. 



Heterhyphantes insignis Sliarpe, Ihis, 1891, p. 117, pi. vi. 

 fig. 1 : Mt. Elgon. 



«, b. cj ad. (Nos. 6 & 7). Ninong, Manenguba Mts. 

 2&20.vi.09. 



I have already (pp. 516-517) given my reasons for not 

 considering Cameroon examples of this Weaver distinct from 

 the East African species H. insignis. 



Tlie two following species have been identified for me by 

 j\Ir. Ogilvic-Orant, who has kindly given me the following 

 notes : — 



42. Sitagra anochlorus. 



Ploceus anochlorus Beichw. Journ. fiir Orn. 1912, p. 321 : 

 W' elle River. 



a. [c?] ?. Ninong, Manenguba Mts. ll.vi.09. 



b,c. ?. „ „ „ 12.vi.09. 



This species was described by Dr. Beichenow from a 

 female example obtained at Yakoma on the Welle Biver. 

 His description agrees so closely with the two female 

 examples procured by Alexander at Ninong that I have 

 no hesitation in referring them to -S. anochlorus. The male 

 was hitherto unknown, and as the original description of 

 the female is brief, I have thought it advisable to •add 

 somewhat fuller details. There can be no reasonable doubt 

 that the bird here described as the adult male is really such, 

 and is the male of S. anochlorus, for it Avas procured in the 

 same locality as the two females, but a day earlier. 



Adult male in full plmnage (marked ? by Boyd Alexander's 

 collector). Lores, feathers surrounding the eye, cheeks, 

 ear-coverts, chin, and upper throat deep black : top of the 



