Red-crowned Euplectes. 
During my residence at Fernando Po, in the early part of the year 1842,1 procured two male 
specimens of the above-named species, the one having the head entirely red, and the other having 
the black extending across the forehead, as represented in the accompanying plate. 
On reference to my note-book I find the following brief observationsThese birds, although 
in deep moult (in June), appeared to be pairing. One specimen was shot from the top of a very 
lofty tree, the others much nearer the ground. In an apparently young male the black extends 
across the forehead. A very good songster. Irides, red hazel; bill and feet, black. 
Habitat, Clarence, Fernando Po, Western Africa. 
Of this species, the whole of the body 
Total length, seven inches. 
The plant here represented, is that 
Dukhun, called Sawree, copied from one of 
is black; the head and neck are red. 
of the silk cotton (Gossypium lieptaphyllum) of the 
Col. Sykes’ drawings. 
