Birds of the Gold Coast Colony ^c. 299 
38. Pyromelana phcenicomera (Gray). 
Pyromelana phoenicomera Sharpe^ Cat. B. xiii. p. 239 
(1890). 
We procured a single adult female of this species in winter 
plumage at Kwobia. There is an example in the British 
Museum^ obtained in Camaroon in September by Sir H. 
Johnston ; it is in partial moult, but the feathers of the 
crown and nape approach those of our bird very closely in 
coloration and markings. We shall for the present refer 
our specimen to the Camaroon species. 
39. Pyromelana afra (Gm.). 
Pyromelana afra Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 241. 
One female from Karaga. 
40. QUELEA QUELEA (Liuu.). 
Quelea quelea Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 257; Shelley, B. Afr. 
i. p. 25. 
Binduri, north of Gambaga. 
Found in large flocks. 
41. Uroloncha cantans (Gm.). 
Uroloncha cantans Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 27 (1896). 
j^demosyne cantans Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 371. 
Obtained in the Hinterland at Gambaga. Dr. Bendall 
procured two specimens near Bathurst, Gambia [cf. Ibis, 
1892, p. 221). 
42. NiGRiTA EMILIA Sharpc. 
Nigrita emilicB Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 384, t. xi. ; Ussher, 
Ibis, 1874, p. 68 (Gold Coast) ; Keichen. J. f. O. 1875^ 
p. 41 (Togoland). 
A young male from Prahsu. 
43. Spermestes bicolor (Fraser). 
Spermestes bicolor Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii^ p. 261 ; Ussher, 
Ibis, 1874, p. 70 (River Volta) ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1897, 
p. 40 (Togoland). 
Prahsu. 
This species breeds in August, forming a domed nest of 
