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tree, and in the neighbourhood of houses : they lay from four to five 
mottled eggs, varying as much in size, colour and markings as do our 
common Sparrow (Pyrgita domestica, Cuv.) ; they are extremely ac- 
tive and noisy, continuing fighting and chattering from daybreak to 
sundown: the nest is composed of coarse grass interwoven, some- 
times fixed in a forked branch of a tree and at other times suspended. 
Ploceus brachypterus, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) vii.; B. 
of W. Africa, p. 168. pl. 10, 1837. 
Hab. Fernando Po. 
Found in company with P. textor, living in the gardens round 
Clarence. Irides white. 
Ploceus personatus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. pl. 84. 
Hab. Cape Coast. 
Euplectes oryx, Swains., Lovia oryz, Vieill. 
Hab. Cape Coast. Common: frequents the Indian-corn planta- 
tions. 
Vidua chrysonota, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) vii. ; B. of 
W. Africa, p. 178, 1837. 
Hab. Cape Palmas. 
Vidua erythrorhynchus, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) vil. ; 
B. of W. Africa, p. 176. pl. 12, 1837. 
Hab. Cape Palmas. Common. 
Passer simplex, Pyrgita simplex, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) 
vii.; B. of W. Africa, p. 208, 1837. 
Hab. Cape Coast and Accra. 
Passer Jagoensis, Gould. Voy. of Beag. (Birds) p. 95. pl. 31. 
Pyrgita Jagoensis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 77. 
Hab. St. Vincent’s and St. Antonio, Cape Verde Islands (June). 
Lamprotornis chrysonotis, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) vil. ; 
p. 143. pl. 6, 1837. 
Hab. Fernando Po. 
Very shy : irides white, bill and legs black, nostrils large and open. 
Caws somewhat like a crow; makes a burring noise like a parrot 
when beginning to fly; lives in the loftiest trees. The gizzard con- 
tained small seeds and red berries. The sexes do not differ. 
Cuculus rubiculus, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) viii. ; B. of 
W. Africa, p. 181, 1837. 
Hab. Fernando Po. 
Very shy: irides red hazel, cere and legs bright yellow, base of 
both mandibles yellow, mouth red. 
Zanclostomus flavirostris, Swains. Jard. Nat. Lib. vol. (Orn.) 
viii. ; B. of W. Africa, p. 183. pl. 19, 1837. 
Hab. Fernando Po (June). 
Somewhat like a magpie, jerking and bobbing its tail and making 
a carr-r-r-r-ring noise as it hops from branch to branch; also a fast 
runner. A mantis found in the gizzard. Irides red, bill yellow, legs 
nearly black, cere turquois colour. The sexes do not differ. 
