Birds of the Gold Coast Colony ^c. 301 
together in large flocks. We found a number of nests 
attached to the high elephant-grass, which we cleared away 
the day after the Fort had been relieved. 
49. EsTRiLDA CAPisTRATA Hartl. 
Estrilda capistrata Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 259 ; Sharpe, 
Cat. B. xiii. p. 390, note (1890). 
Pytelia sharpii Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 303 (1890). 
Pytelia capistrata (Hartl.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 39 
(Togoland). 
Adult (^,22/5/01, Krachi. 
50. Lagonosticta nigricollis (Heugl.). 
Lagonostida nigricollis Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 286; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 413 (Gambaga) ; Alexander, Bull. B. 0. C. 
vol. xii. p. 12 (GamhagaJ. 
Rare, found at Gambaga and Binduri. 
51. Pytelia phcenicoptera Sw. 
Pytelia phoenicoptera Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 301 ; Hartert^ 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 413. 
Gambaga, but not common. 
52. Spermospiza h^matina (Vieill.). 
Spermospiza Jicematina Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 498 ; 
Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 389, et 1897, p. 38 (Togoland). 
An adult male was obtained at Prahsu. 
53. Ploceipasser superciliosus (Riipp.). 
Ploceipasser superciliosus Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 248 ; 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 413 (1899) (Gambaga). 
A pair was obtained at Gambaga. This species is locally 
distributed ; it lives in small colonies. 
Our specimens agree with examples from Abyssinia and 
with another from Senegambia in the British Museum. 
54. Anaplectes melanotis (Lafr.). 
Anaplectes melanotis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 35 ; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 414 (Gambaga). 
Occasionally observed. 
