200 iht)liphagii>;e. 



77. Zosterops melanocephala. 



Zosterops (Speirops) melanoceplialus, Oray, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(.3)x. p. 444 0862). 

 Zost(>rop.s melanoceplialus, Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 164, no. 2169 



(1860). 

 Speirops melanoceplialus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 615 ; Reichen. 

 J.f. 0. 1875, p. 50. 

 Adult (type of species). General colour above dull ashy brown, 

 a little lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts 

 like the hack; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform dusky 

 brown ; quiUs and tail-feathers dusky brown, externally like the 

 back ; crown of head and nape blackish brown ; lores white ; ear- 

 coverts and cheeks blackish brown ; throat white ; remainder of 

 under surface light ashy brown ; breast, centre of abdomen, and 

 thighs dusky ashy brown ; under tail-coverts ashy whitish ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries ashy, with whitish ends ; quills below 

 dusky brown ; inner edge of quills ashy whitish. Total length 

 4-7 inches, culmcn 0-55, wing 2-45, tail I'S, tarsus 0-85. 

 Rab. West Africa : Cameroons district. 



rt. Ad. sk. Mountains of Cameroons, Capt. R. F. Burton [P.]. 



7000 feet. (Type of species.) 



78. Zosterops leucoplisea. 



Parinia leucophsea, Hartl. Oin. W.-Afr. p. 71 (1857) ; Dohrn, 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 327 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 36 (1871). 

 Thamuobia leucophaea. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 21 2, no. 3000 (1869). 



Adult. Crown of head whitish with a grey tinge, this tinge be- 

 coming more and more pronounced towards the hind neck, where the 

 coloration gradually changes into the greyish brown of the mantle 

 and back, with a dash of olive : wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers 

 dark brown, their edges narrowly washed with olive ; ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and under wing-coverts almost pure white ; all the rest 

 of the underparts greyish white ; bill brown, mandible paler ; legs 

 lead-colour, with pale claws. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2'6-2-7o, tail l"8-2, tarsus O-S. 



Hah. West Africa ; Gaboon, Prince's Island. 



rt, h. Ad. sk. Prince's Island, W. Africa. Dr. Dohrn [C.]. 



79. Zosterops atriceps. 



Zosterops atriceps, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 350; Hartl. J.f. O. 1865, 

 p. 22; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 164 (1865); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 163, no. 2145 (1869) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. 

 p. 80 (1872) ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 364 (1881). 



Adult male. General colour above dull yellowish olive, a little 

 clearer on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-covert.s 

 dusky brown ; median and greater coverts like the back; bastard-wing 



