Birds of the Gold Coast Colony ^c. 303 
especially towards evening, the birds may be observed flying 
from their high points of vantage after insects, and then 
returning to their perches in the manner of Flycatchers. 
60. Pachyphantes superciliosus (Shelley). 
Hyphantornis superciliosus Shelley, Ibis, 1873. p. 140; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 470 (1890). 
Ploceus superciliosus Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 388 ; id. 
J. f. O. 1897, p. 38 (Togoland). 
Not by any means a common Weaver-bird, but obtained 
at Pong. 
61. Hyphanturgus brachypterus (Sw.). 
Hyphanturgus brachypterus Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 38. 
Symplectes brachypterus Heichen. J. f. O. 1891, p> 387, 
et 1897, p. 36 (Togoland). 
Ad. S 6> 10/6/00, Cape Coast. Ad. c? ? , 3/7/00; 
ad. (^ ?, 11/8/00, Prahsu. Ad. ? , 17/1/01; ad. ?, 
18/4/01, Gambaga. Ad. $ , imm. ? , Pong, 25/5/01. 
Cape Coast, Prahsu, Gambaga, and Pong, 
This is a common species in the wooded portions of the 
Colony, but not in the Hinterland. In the immature bird 
the upper mandible is pale brown, the lower one light horn-^ 
coloured. 
62. Hyphantornis cucullatus (Miill.), 
Hyphantornis cucullatus Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 451 ; 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 414 (1899) (Gambaga). 
Ploceus cucullatus Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 387; id. 
J. f. O. 1897, p. 37 (Togoland). 
Very abundant at Cape Coast, where it suspends its nests 
from the higher branches of the tall cotton- and acacia-trees, 
which are often festooned with an enormous number of them. 
In the Hinterland the bird again becomes common, the big 
baobab- trees around the native villages forming the centres 
of its nesting-colonies. In May these colonies are full of 
activity — new nests are constructed close to those of the 
previous season, and the loud running chatter of the males 
may be heard as they court their mates at the entrance of 
