404 Mr, T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 



into greenish yellow on the crown and forehead. Lores and 

 ear-coverts greyish brown. Wings and wing-coverts brown, 

 each feather having a narrow pale edge to the outside web. 

 Tail-feathers brown, with narrow pale edges, broadest and 

 best-defined on the outside feathers. 



" Underparts an almost uniform sulphur-yellow, slightly 

 paler on the chin, axillaries, and under wing-coverts. Inner 

 lining of quills pale huffish brown. 



" Bill Sylviine, but with no perceptible dental notch or un- 

 dulation, both mandibles dark brown, nearly black. Rictal 

 bristles very small. 



" Wing with the fourth primary rather the longest. Second 

 primary generally intermediate in length between the seventh 

 and eighth, occasionally between the eighth and ninth, and 

 occasionally equal to the seventh. Bastard primary narrow, 

 sometimes half as long as the second primary, but generally 

 less than half. 



" Legs dusky brown, feet and claws reddish brown. Iris 

 pale chrome-yellow. Tarsus scutellated in front. 



^'Length of wing 2-36 to 2-27 inches, tail 1-95 to 1-86, 

 culmen "52 to "5, tarsus '7S. 



" Tail-feathers twelve, of which the outer ones are from '2 

 to '15, shorter than the longest. 



" There appears to be no difference in the sexes. Five skins 

 in the possession of Mr. Gurney were obtained by Mr. Ayres 

 at Rustenburg, in the Transvaal, between 13th June and 

 24th July ; and two skins in the possession of Capt. Shelley 

 were obtained by Mr. Lucas in the same locality, one on 9th 

 June and the other 10th August. All the skins obtained are 

 probably those of birds in winter plumage.^' 



ZosTEROPs suNDEVALLi, Hartl. Suudcvall's Zosterops. 



Male, Rustenburg, August 6th. Irides light brown; bill 

 horny black, with the basal part of the lower mandible blue 

 ash-colour. 



Female, Rustenburg, August 7. Irides and bill as in male ; 

 tarsi and feet brownish ash-colour. 



