350 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on 



Ploceus bicolor (Vieill.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 34(1904). 



Nos. 9, 64, 1449, 1459, 1562, 1605, 1633. <? ad. ; 1461, 

 1462, 1563. ? ad. River Ja, Jan. to March. " Ngas.'' 



Nos. 1984, 2174, 2325, 2358, 2531. S ad. et juv. Bitje, 

 River Ja, Oct. 1906 to May 1907. 



These specimens agree with a male from Buea, Camaroon, 

 received in exchange from the Berlin Museum. 



[These specimens were shot in just such places as the 

 common '^ngas" {Heterhyjphantes nigricollis) frequents. Their 

 food had been insects. — G. L. B.] 



Melanopteryx nigerrima. 



Melanopteryx nigerrima (V.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 476 

 (1890). 



Ploceus nigerrimus Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 50 

 (1904). 



a. ? ad. ; b,c. ^ juv. ; Nos. 814, 1049. S ? ad. Efulen, 

 Peb., May, June, August. " Nga'a." 



Nos. 20, 21, 616, 1201, 1538, 1824, 1865, 1902. S ? ad. 

 et imm. River Ja, Jan., March, June. 



Nos. 2000. Juv. ; 2284. ? juv. ; 2347, 2349, 2411, 2484. 

 S ad. et juv. ; 2502, 2515. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, Oct. 

 1906 to March 1907. 



[This jet-black bird with conspicuous yellow irides is 

 usually found in colonies of Hyphantornis, and makes nests 

 just like theirs. Sometimes they build in colonies of their 

 own, but always very near villages. — G. L. B.] 



CiNNAMOPTERYX FUSCOCASTANEUS. 



Cinnamopteryx tricolor (nee Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 471 (1890). 



Ploceus fuscocasl emeus (Boc.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, 

 iii. p. 53 (1904). 



No. 1014. c? ad. Efulen, Aug. 8, 1905. 



Nos. 1841. c? juv.j 1854, 1855. ^ ? ad. River Ja, 

 July 1906. 



No. 2430. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, April 8, 1907. 



No. 2626. Juv. Between Kribi and Efulen, July 13, 1907 



