182 JtELIPHAGID^. 



edge of quills ashy whitish. Total length 3*6 inches, culmon 0-45, 

 wing 2-1, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-6. 



An adult male from Elephant Vley measures as follows : — Total 

 length 4-5 inches, wing 2*45, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-65. 



Hal. All over Africa south of the Sahara desert, excepting the 

 forest country of the west coast and the extreme southern part oi 

 the continent. 



a. Ad. sk. River Gambia. Purchased. 



h, c. Ad. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



d, e. S ad. sk. N'di, Taita, E. Africa. Dr. Hildebrandt [C.]. 



/,ff. cJ ad. sk. Elephant Vley {€'. J. R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



Anderssoii). 



42, Zosterops kirki. 

 Zosterops kirki, Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 676. 



Very similar to Z. senegalensis, hut rather more greenish yellow 

 above and on the ear-coverts. Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 0-35, 

 wing 2-1, tail Vo, tarsus 0-65. (Mus. G. E. SluUey.) 



Hah. Grand Comoro Island. 



43. Zosterops virens, 



Zosterops virens, Bp. Consp. i. p. 399 (1850, ex Sund. Mus. Holm.) ; 

 Heuf/l. Ibis, 1861, p. .560 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1863, p. 828 ; Layard, B. 



Adult. General colour above grass-green, a little yellower on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing uni- 

 form dusky brown ; primary-coverts dusky, externally grass-green ; 

 quills diisky brown, externally edged with green, a little lighter than 

 the back ; tail-feathers dusky brown, margined with green ; lores 

 black ; base of forehead bright yellow ; feathers round eye white, with 

 narrow black lines underneath ; ear-coverts green like the back ; 

 fore part of cheeks bright yellow, hinder part green like the sides 

 of the neck ; throat bright yellow ; fore neck and chest yellowish 

 green ; breast and abdomen bright yellow ; sides of body and 

 flanks green ; thighs and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillarics pale yellow, whitish at base ; quills 

 below dusky ; inner edge of quills whitish ; " bill ash-colour, 

 black at tip ; tarsi and feet ash-colour ; iris tawny " {F. A. Barratt). 

 Total length 4"7 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-4, tail 1-9, tarsus 0'75. 



Female. Like the male, but a little duller in colour. Total length 

 4-0 incbes, culmen 0-5, wing 2'45, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. South-eastern Africa, extending north as far as the Zambesi. 



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



b, c, d. Ad. sk. Kmgwilliamstown. Capt. H. Trevelyan [P.]. 

 e. 2 ad. sk. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [O.]. 



