3G0 CINNAMOPTEUYX TRICOLOR 



now iu tlie British Museum. Mr. Robin Kemp informs me 

 that " In the Mission-ground at Bo there stands a h\rge tree, 

 which is made use of jointly, as a breeding resort, for both this 

 species and Melanopterijx albinuchn. A large colony lives in 

 the above-mentioned tree, which is adorned with a great 

 number of pendent nests, from which I procured all the 

 immature specimens, but did not obtain any eggs. From 

 April to the beginning of October, while I was there, I noticed 

 no signs of change in the colouring of the adults, all of which 

 were alike in plumage. This tree during the day appeai-ed 

 as a rule tenantless, but towards sundown presented a scene 

 of great activity." In Liberia Dr. Buttikofer obtained a 

 full plumaged male at Bavia, and a female in exactly the 

 same plumage, in the bush near Schieffelinsville. 



In the Aguapim Mountains of the Gold Coast Riis procured 

 a specimen, and while I was there in February, 1872, Buckley 

 shot two adults in company with a full grown bird in immature 

 plumage, which closely resembles in colouring the type of 

 Hypliantornis fuscocat^tanea, Bocage, which I have figured as 

 the young of the present species. I shot a specimen at 

 Abokobi on our way back to Accra, and the species has been 

 procured by Mr. Boyd Alexander at Prahsu, Fumsu and 

 Kwisse, who came to the same conclusion as we did, that these 

 Weavers are not uncommon in the forests of the Gold Coast. 

 In Togoland Mr. Baumann sexed a male and female which 

 were identical in colouring, and in full plumage in July 

 and October, and a specimen procured in Camaroons in 

 November is also in full plumage. Dr. Ansorge has procured 

 a series from the Lower Niger. The occurrence of the 

 species further south and east of Camaroons is known to 

 me only by the types of Ilijplmnturnis fwscocastanea, Bocage, 

 and Plocetis rufoniger, Reichen. Tlie former was procured 

 by Lucan and Petit at the Loema River in Loango, and the 



