1. ZOSTKROPS. 181 



mandible pale plumbeous : legs, feet, and claws pale plumbeous, 

 sometimes greenish plumbeous ; iris pale brown to pale yellowish 

 or ochre-brown" (Z>rti'iso/«)- Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 1-95, tail 1*4, tarsus 0-6. 



Female. Similar to the male, but a little paler and greener in 

 colour. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1-95, tail 1"4, 

 tarsus 0"55. 



Ohs. Scarcely separable from Z. seaer/alensts, but rather smaller, 

 with a larger black spot in front of the eye. The African bird has a 

 more distinct yellow patch extending along the sides of the crown 

 and forming an eyebrow, which is not seen in the Siamese bird. 



Hab. Siam, extending into the Burmese countries. 



ff, 6. cJ; c. 2 ad. sk. Lower Pegu, Jan. 1879. E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Lower Pegu, Feb. 1880. E. W. Gates, Esq. [U.]. 



e,f. <S; g,h.2 Lower Pegu, March 1880. E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.;. 



ad. sk. 



i, k. Ad. sk. Tenasserim {Blyth). Gould Collection. 



41. Zosterops senegalensis. 



Zosterops flava, Swains. B. W.Afr. ii. p. 4.3, pi. 3 (1837, nee Horsf.). 

 Zosterops citi-iua, Hartl. Beitr. Oni. W.-Afi: p. 22 (1848). 

 Zosterops sp., Grmj, Gen. B. i. p. 198 (1848). 

 Zosterops senegalensis. Bp. Consp. i. p. 399 (1850) ; Reichenb. Handb., 



Merop. p. 90, Taf . 463. fig. 3288 (c. 1852) ; mtrtl. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 71 (1857) ; id. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 161 ; Heugl. Ibis, 1861, p. .360; 



Hard. J. f. 0.18G5,"p. 10; Hemjl. Orn. X.O.-Afr.i. p. 414 (1869); 



Gray, Hand-l B. i. p. 162, no. 2126 (1809) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 36 (1871) ; Gurnet/ in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 76 (1872) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 325 (1876) ; Bocage, Orn. Aru/ola, 



p. 288 (1877); Hartl. Abhdndl. nat. I'er. Bremen, vii. p. 99 (1881). 

 Zosterops aurifrous {nee Temm.), Heuyl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 41. 

 Zosterops ictero^^rens, Pr. Wiirtemb. leon. ined. ; Heugl. J, f. O. 



1862, p. 295 ; Gray, Hund-l, B. i. p. 163, no. 2161 (1869). 

 Zosterops pallescens, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 259. 

 Zosterops tenella, Hartl.' J. f. O. 1865, p. 11 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 163, no. 21.57 (1869); 'Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 228; Fisclwr ^ 



Beichenotc, J.f. O. 1879, p. 349. 

 Zosterops heuglini, Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 11 ; Gray, Hatid-l. B. i. 



p. 163, no. 2158 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above bright olive-yellow, a little lighter 

 on the ramp and upper tail- coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; 

 greater coverts, bastard-wing, and primary-coverts pale brown, 

 edged with olive-yellow ; quills dusky brown, edged with brighter 

 yellow ; secondaries margined with olive-green ; tail-feathers light 

 brown, with ycUowish margins ; lores black, extending in a line 

 below the eye ; feathers round eye white ; ear-coverts olive-yellow, 

 as also hind" cheeks ; fore part of the cheeks and under surface of the 

 l)odv bright yellow, slightly washed with olive on the sides of the 

 l)ody and lianks ; breast tinged with orange in old 1)irds ; thighs and 

 under tail- coverts yellow ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries yellow, 

 whitish at base ; edge of wing yellow ; quills below dusky ; inner 



