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pale dusky brown, with narrow greenish edges ; crown of the head 

 like the back ; lores and the extreme base of the forehead pale 

 sulphur-yellow ; feathers round the eye silky white ; in front of the 

 eye a dusky spot, extending in a narrow line below the latter ; ear- 

 coverts green like the head; cheeks and throat pale sulphur-yellow : 

 fore neck, breast, the sides of the body, flanks, and thighs pale 

 isabelline ; under tail-coverts pale sulphur-yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries ashy whitish, washed with yellow ; quills 

 below dusky brown ; inner edge of quills ashy whitish ; " bill 

 fleshy, culmen blackish ; feet dusky horny, iris pale dusky '" (Ileio- 

 f/lin). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-15, tail 1-55, 

 tarsus O'Oo. 



Adult male. Total length -i'4 inches, culmeu 0-5, wing 2-15, tail 

 1"7, tarsus 0'65. 



According to Heuglin the female is a little duller in colour than 

 the male. 



Z. ahi/ssinica is only a dull greenish race of Z. paJpebrosa with 

 very pale sulphur-yellow throat and with an isabelline tinge on 

 the flanks ; ear-coverts greenish like the head. 



ilah. Abyssinia, from 3000 to 10,000 feet, extending northwards 

 into Bogos Land, and south to Wadla and Tarauta. Island of 

 Socotra. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Mayen, Seuafe Pass, Abvssinia, W. T. Blanfoid, Esq 



Feb. 19, 18G8. ' [C.]. 



b, V. c? 2 ad. sk. Socotra, March 1880 {Balfotir). British Assoc. [P.]. 



22, Zosterops poliogaster. 



Zosterops em-yophthalma, Heu(/l. Si/sf. Uebers. p. 24, no. 200 (1856 

 deser. 7mUn). ' 



Zosterops poliogastra, Hem/l. Ibis, 1861, p. .^.57, pi. 1.3 : {d. J. f O 

 1862, pp. 42, 299; Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 9; Gray, Hand-L B 

 1. p. 16.3, no. 2156 (1669) ; Heiu/I. Orn. K. O.-Afr. i. p. 412 (1869) • 

 Blanf. Geol. Sf Zool. Abyss, p. 3-34 (1870). 



Zosterops atmorii, Sharpe, ed. Zayard's B. S. Afr. p. 326 (1876). 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish green, a little duller 

 on the mantle and back, and lighter on the head and rump ; lesser 

 wing-coverts dull yellowish green ; median and greater coverts ashv 

 brown, externally yellowish green ; bastard-wing feathers, primary- 

 coverts, and quills dusky brown, edged with yellowish green, a little 

 brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers ashy brown, edged with 

 yellowish green on the outer webs, ashy along the edge of the inner 

 webs ; crown of the head a little yellower than the back ; the lores 

 and fore part of the crown bright' golden yellow, extending a little 

 above the eye ; ring of feathers round the eye silkv white ; in front 

 of the eye a black spot, extending backwards below the latter ; ear- 

 coverts yellowish green like the head : cheeks and throat bright 

 yellow ; fore neck, breast, sides of body, and flanks light ashy" a 

 little more isabelline on the latter ; centre of breast and abdomen 

 white : thighs white, washed with yellow, greenish behind ; under 

 ail-coverts bright yeUow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 



