Birds 0/ Prince's Island. 603 



were not realised. I found wonderful forest-growth on the 

 hill;, and though I had a path cut almost to the top 

 to facilitate my collecting work^ I was not rewarded. 

 It was quite sad to find all this fine forest absolutely devoid 

 of bird-life — nothing but silence or subdued tones every- 

 where. 



On March the 9th I left for a large ro9a called Sundy, 

 situated in the north of the island, and arrived there on the 

 lOtli. In this portion of the island there is much forest- 

 growth, that contains many swampy, sluggish streams, 

 reminding one very much of the Congo forest. It is as 

 silent as the grave, and there is no bird-life. 



The island is being rapidly opened up with light tramways 

 to all the plantations ; the average amount of cocoa produced 

 on the island in the year is 120,000 bags of 112 lbs. each. 

 The planters tell me they confidently hope to double this 

 output when all the tram-lines are completed. 



On ]\Iarch the 17th I left for West Bay, where there is 

 another large roca. We passed through it and made our 

 camp a mile or so to the sonth. On the 19th I left by a 

 short cut across the hills to our old camp, at the base of 

 the Papagaio. The road which we followed to cross the 

 hills, though much overgrown, is a wonderful piece of 

 engineering. 



We left onr camp on March the 23rcl, and arrived about 

 2 o'clock at the Port. 



1. Lamprocolius splendidiis. 



Lamprocolius splendidus (Vieill.) ; Salvadori, Orn, Golfo 

 d. Guinea, i. 1903, p. 9. 



Lamprotornis splendidus Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, 

 p. 49; Shelley, Birds of Africa, v. 1906, p. 65, pi. xlv. 



This Starling is recorded from Prince's Island by Dohrn, 

 who says that it is very rare and frequents the same 

 localities as Lamjjrocolius ignitus. It is also mentioned 

 by Keulemans. 



Neither Fea nor Boyd Alexander appear to have seen it 

 on Prince's Island, which^ however, is not surprising. The 



