118 QUELEA ERYTHROPS 
The types of H. erythrops, young or not in full breeding plumage, are 
described by Hartlaub (Alhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 1891, p. 20) as follows: 
“ Male. Similar to Q. quelea in the colouring of the body, wings and tail ; 
upper parts dusky brown, with pale edges to the feathers; crown darker, with 
crimson on the head confined to the forehead, eyebrows, lores and feathers 
surrounding the base of the lower mandible; under parts brown, with the 
throat and centre of abdomen white; under wing-coverts and bend of wing 
isabelline. Bill and legs dark brown. 
“Female. Differs in the parts being yellow, which are red in the male.”’ 
The Dark-throated Red-headed Dioch inhabits St. Thomas 
Island, and ranges from Senegal to the Quanza River eastward 
into the Bongo country and the Zanzibar district south from 
the Tana River. 
The species was discovered in St. Thomas Island by Weiss, 
and is abundant there. The type of Q. capitata came from 
Senegambia, and Verreaux received specimens from Casa- 
manse. In Liberia Mr. Biittikofer found it in company with 
other small birds in the bushes at Bendo, near Fischer- 
man’s Lake, at Schieffelinsville, and by the Farmington River, 
feeding on grass-seeds and visiting the ricefields when the 
grain was ripening. While I was on the Gold Coast with 
T. E. Buckley we found the species abundant in the open 
country near Accra. Riis brought home specimens from his 
expedition into Aquapin, Ussher met with it at the Volta River, 
and Dr. Bittner in Togoland. 
In Camaroons Mr, Sjéstedt procured a specimen at Bibundi, 
and on Prince’s Island Dr. Dohrn and Mr. Kenlemans saw them 
in flocks of twenty to eighty individuals, usually in company 
with Spermestes cucullatus. In Gaboon it must be common, 
for Du Chaillu’s collection contained a number of specimens 
from the Moonda and Camma Rivers. On the Loango Coast 
specimens have been collected by Falkenstein at Chinchonxo, 
and by Lucan and Petit at Landana. Storms brought back 
examples in his collection from Lake Tanganyika, and there 
