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Mr. W. P. Lowe on the 
[Ibis, 
List of the Birds of Tasso Island , Rokelle River , 
Sierra Leone, with Field-notes. 
Corvus scapnlatus. Pied Crow. 
On Tasso Island during March these birds were very 
scarce, only an odd bird was to be seen. During April their 
numbers greatly increased, and small flocks of twenty were to 
be seen. 
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster leucogaster. Amethyst Starling. 
Fairly common on Tasso Island. A pair were nesting in 
a hollow stump of a dead sapling, two feet high, on 
10 April. A single well-fledged bird was found in the hole, 
one foot deep. There was no sign of any nest. 
Hyphantornis cucullatus. Rufous-necked Weaver. 
Quite common and nesting in a cottonwood tree on 
18 March. 
Sitagra ocularius brachypterus. Swainson’s Spectacled 
Weaver. 
Rot nearly so plentiful as the former species. 
Budytes flava flava. Yellow Wagtail. 
Several seen on the pond near the village, which was 
nearly dried up. 
Anthus leucophrys gouldi. Gould’s Pipit. 
A common bird amongst the cassava, where it nests. 
Cyanomitra vertical!s verticals. Green-headed Olive 
Sun bird. 
Tolerably common, but much more plentiful on the 
mainland. 
Cinnyris chloropygius chloropygius. Scarlet-collared Sun- 
bird. 
This beautiful little Sunbird is, no doubt, the commonest 
species. 
