172 MEL1PHAGIDJ5, 



1850, 

 P- 



(1867 



Afr 



(1872), , , „ ... .... 



Zosterops madagascariensis (wee L.), Cah. Mus. Hein. Tli. i. p. 115 



(1850) ; Holub Sf Von Pehein, Beitr. Orn. Smlafr. p. 75 (1832). 

 Zosterops levaillauti, Reichenh. Hanclb., Merop. p. 89, pi. 460. figs. 

 3285, 3286 (c. 1852). 

 Male. General colour above dull green, yellower on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts a little duller than the back, dusky- 

 brown, externally dull green ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 dusky brown, narrowly edged with green ; quills dusky, edged with 

 yellowish green, a little brighter than the back ; upper tail-coverts 

 olive-green ; tail-feathers dusky, with green margius ; forehead 

 yellower than the crown of the head : lores black, extending below 

 the eye ; feathers round the eye white ; ear-coverts dull green ; fore 

 part of cheeks yellow ; hinder part green, like the sides of the 

 neck ; throat and fore neck yellow ; breast ashy grey, whiter on 

 the abdomen ; sides of the body and flanks light earthy brown ; 

 thighs white, washed with yellow; under tail-coverts brighter 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts aud axillaries white, washed with 

 yellow, brighter on the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, inner 

 edges whitish. Total length 4-2 inches, culmcn 0-5, wiug 2-15, 

 tail 1'75, tarsus 0*7. 



Female. Similar to the male. Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 

 0-5, wing 2-3, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-75. 



Ohs. Z. capensis is a race of Z. madagascariensis, and not easily 

 separable ; it is, however, a generally darker bird. 

 Hob. South Africa. 



a, b. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. South Afiica (i:. L. E. B. Sharps, Esq^. 



liayard). 



<7. 2 ad. sk. Table Mountain, Nov. 30, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1801 {C.J.Anderssoii). 



e. c? ad. sk. Knysua, Jan. 6, 1866 R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



(C. J. A)idersso7i). 



f. Ad. sk. KingwiUiamstown. Capt. H. Trevelyan [P.]. 

 'ff. Ad. sk. Port Elizabeth. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



26. Zosterops explorator. 



Zosterops explorator, Lcnjard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 29 ; id. This, 1876, 

 pp. 140, 153, 392 ; FinscJi, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 734 ; id. Report Voy. 

 'Challmger; ii. p. 48, pi. 14. fig. 2 (1881). 



Adult female (type of species). General colour above olive- 

 yellow, a little brighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts, greener 

 on the mantle, upper back, and lesser wing-coverts ; median and 

 greater coverts dusky, with olive-grccnish margins : bastard-wing 

 feathers black ; primary-coverts dusky, edged with olive-greenish ; 

 quills dusky, margined externally with olive-green, yellower on the 

 primaries ;' tail-feathers dusky brown, edged externally with olive- 



