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cheeks and the upper throat bright yellow, paling on the lower 
throat ; rest of under surface of body light brown, the sides of the 
breast greyish, becoming a little more fulyous brown on the lower 
flanks; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy whitish, slightly 
washed with yellow: thighs greyish, inclining to bright yellow at 
the tarsal joint; under tail-coverts bright yellow, about equal in 
intensity to the throat; “bill bluish black, lighter on the under 
mandible; legs and fect lead-colour, with sometimes a tinge of 
brown; iris yellowish brown” (Andersson). Total length, 4°5 inches ; 
culmen, 0°45; wing, 2°15; tail, 1°85; tarsus, 0°65. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 182. 
309. ZosTEROPS PALLIDA. Sundeyall’s White-eye. 
Zosterops pallida § Z. lateralis, Layard, B. 8. Afr., p. 117. 
This species is more generally known under Sundevall’s name of 
lateralis, which was changed by Dr. Hartlaub (J. f. O. 1865, p. 9) to 
Z. sundevalli, as there existed already a Z. lateralis. We believe at 
the same time that it is without doubt the Z. pallida of Swainson 
which was described from a specimen of Dr. Burchell’s. We have 
received the species from Mr. Ortlepp at Colesberg, and Mr. Thomas 
Ayres has met with it in the Transvaal, where, he says, “it is 
occasionally seen in small companies, actively hopping and climbing 
about the hedges and trees during the winter months.” The 
present species may be distinguished from Z. capensis by its yellow 
forehead, bright yellow throat, and by its isabelline-brown flanks. 
Adult male.—General colour above olive-green, decidedly clearer 
and more yellow on the upper tail-coverts; forehead and lores 
bright yellow ; in front of the eye a black spot, extending in a line 
under the eye ; round the eye a ring of silvery white feathers ; sides 
of face and ear-coverts olive-green ; cheeks and entire throat bright 
yellow, ending ‘abruptly on the fore-neck: centre of the body 
whitish, shghtly washed with tawny: sides of upper breast greyish 
brown, the flanks pale isabelline brown: under tail-coverts bright 
yellow: under wing-coverts dull white washed with yellow on the 
edge of the wing: upper wing-coyerts green like the back: quills 
dark brown, the primaries externally margined with yellowish green, 
the secondaries with olive-green: tail-feathers brown with olive- 
green edgings. Total length, 4°7 inches; culmen, 0°5; wing, 
2°35; tail, 1:9; tarsus, 0°7. 
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