272 Mr. \y. P. Lowe on the [Ibis, 



List of the Birds of Tasso Island, liokelle Miver, 

 Sierra Leone, icith Field-notes. 



Corvus scapulatus. Pied Crow. 



On Tasso Island during March these birds were very 

 scarce, only an odd bird was to be seen. During April their 

 numbers greatly increased, and small flocksof twenty were to 

 be seen. 



Cinnyricinclus leucogaster leucogaster. Amethyst Starling. 



Fairly common on Tasso Island. A pair were nesting in 

 a hollow stump of a dead sapling, two feet high, on 

 10 April. A single well-fledged bird was found in the hole, 

 one foot deep. There was no sign of any nest. 



Hyphantornis cucullatus. Rufous-necked Weaver. 

 Quite common and nesting in a cottonwood tree on 

 18 March. 



Sitagra ocularius brachypterus. Swuinson's Spectacled 

 Weaver. 



Not nearly so plentiful as the former species. 



Budytes flava flava. Yellow Wagtail. 

 Several seen on the pond near the village, which was 

 nearly dried up. 



Anthus leucophrys gouldi. Gould's Pipit. 



A common bird amongst the cassava, where it nests. 



Cyanomitra verticalis verticalis. Green-headed Olive 

 Sunbird. 



Tolerably common, but much more plentiful on the 

 mainland. 



Cinnyris chloropygius chloropygiiis. Scarlet-collared Sun- 

 bird. 



This beautiful little Sunbird is, no doubt, the commonest 

 species. 



