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ZOSTEROPS VIRENS. 325 
310. ZosTEROPs SENEGALENSIS. j Yellow White-eye. 
The following account of this species in South Western Africa is 
taken from Mr. Andersson’s work on the Birds of Damara Land :— 
“T never met with this exquisite little bird in either Great Namaqua 
or Damara Land; and it was only as I approached the Okavango 
that I became aware of its existence. In the thornless forests 
bordering upon this stream it is not uncommon, but it migrates 
northwards during the dry season. It is found in small flocks, and 
diligently explores in search of insects the branches of the: smaller 
trees, and especially the buds and flowers, suspending itself in a © 
yariety of positions while it is thus employed.” Senor Anchieta has 
obtained it at Biballa in Mossamedes. 
This species cannot be mistaken for any of the other South 
African White-eyes as its general yellow colour renders it very 
distinct. j 
Adult.—General colour bright olive-yellow, rather more intense on 
the rump and upper tail-coverts: wings pale brown, all the feathers 
_ edged with yellow, a little greener in tint than the back, the inner- 
it age ae, 
most secondaries washed with yellow all over: tail light ashy brown 
with narrow margins of olive-yellow: forehead and lores brighter 
yellow than the crown of the head: in front of the eye a dusky 
blackish spot: round the eye a ring of white feathers: sides of face 
bright yellow, slightly more green on the ear-coverts: entire under 
surface of body bright yellow, slightly washed with greenish on the 
sides of the upper breast : under wing-coverts and axillaries whitish 
washed with bright yellow, the edge of the wing bright yellow: 
under surface of quills greyish brown, with an edging of ashy-buff 
along the inner web. Total length, 3°6 inches; culmen, 0°4; wing, 
2°1; tail, 1°35; tarsus, 0°6. 
dll. ZosrERops VIRENS. ' Green White-eye. 
Described originally by Sundevall from a specimen obtained by 
Prof. Wahlberg in “ Upper Caffraria.” Mr. Thomas Ayres has 
procured it in Natal, where he says they are plentiful in the spring 
of the year. Captain Shelley has also received a number of speci- 
mens from Mr. T. L. Ayres at Pinetown, and Mr. F. A. Barratt 
shot specimens at Macamac. Mr. Thomas Ayres in his account of 
birds from the Lydenburg district also writes :—“ This species is 
