336 SHARPIA ANGOLENSIS 



Sharpia angolensis. 



Shavpia angolensis, Bocage, .Torn. Lisb. 1878, p. 258 Caconda ; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. I. No. 474 (1896) ; Eeichen. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 28 (1904). 



Ploceus angolensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 18, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Anaplectes argolensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 413 (1890). 



Achdt. Upper parts dark sepia brown, mottled on the back with 

 yellowish white ; a band of the same colour across the lower back ; upper 

 tail-coverts ashy brown ; median wing-coverts with broad, and the greater 

 coverts narrow, white ends, forming bars ou the wings ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of quills white ; sides of head dark brown like the crown ; 

 lower cheeks and the entire under parts white, with a slight yellow tinge 

 on the middle of the breast. "Iris brick red ; bill blackish; feet brown." 

 Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-0, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-95. 

 4. 82. Caconda (Anchieta). 



TLe Angola Bar-winged Weaver inhabits Benguela. 



Anchieta discovered the species at Caconda, where he 

 obtained three specimens, one of which is now in the British 

 Museum. According to his notes it is known to the natives 

 as the "Sole." 



Sharpia sancti-thomae. 



Sycobius sancti-thomge, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 109 St. Thomas Isl. ; 

 Hartl. Verz. Handl. 18-50, pp. 30, 54, pi. 9. 



Sharpia sancti-thoma;, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 475 (1896) ; Eeichen. Yog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 29 (1904). 



Heterhyphantes sancti-thoinoe, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 418 (1890) ; 

 Bocage, .Torn. Lisb. 1904, p. 80 St. Thomas Isl. 



Adult male. Crown and back of head black ; mantle and tail dark 

 brovin, washed at the edges of the feathers with yellow ; lower back and 

 upper tail-coverts rufous yellow ; wings dark brown, with large terminal 

 yellowish white patches on the outer webs of the median and greater 

 coverts, forming two bars on the wing ; quills edged with olive ; forehead, 

 sides of head, sides and front of neck rufous yellow or rust colour, gradually 

 shading into buff on the chin ; breast and under tail sandy buff, fading into 

 white down the centre of the bi'east. Iris, bill and legs brown. Total 

 length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-0, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-95. ^ , 9. 90. 

 St. Thomas Island (F. Newton). 



Female. Differs in the upper parts and side of head being paler olive 



