172 ZOSTEROPS SEMIFLAVA. 



Zosterops semiflava. (Pi. 6, fig. 2. 



Zosterops semiflava, E. Newton, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 190 (1884) ; 

 Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1895, p. 514 Seychelles; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. I. No. 85 (189G). 



Adult. Above, including the wing-coverts and edges of quills and tail- 

 feathers, olive yellow, yellower towards the upper tail-coverts, remainder 

 of quills and the tail dusky brown ; under wing-coverts white washed with 

 yellow ; sides of forehead bright yellow ; a moderately broad white ring 

 round the eye ; lores and a margin beneath the white eye-ring black. 

 Beneath bright yellow strongly washed with chestnut on the flanks. Bill 

 black, with a pale portion at base of lower mandible ; iris brown ; tarsi and 

 feet grey. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-35, tail 1-8, tarsus 

 0-7. Seychelles (E. Newton). 



The Seychelles Chestnut-flanked White-eye is confined to 

 the Seychelles Archipelago. 



This species was discovered on Marianne Island by Mr. 

 Nevill, who " saw a flock of some dozen or so, from which he 

 killed a couple." Mr. H. L. Warry and Dr. Abbott also 

 collected specimens here ; others have been met with by Mr. 

 Wrio-ht on Prasliu Island, and Mr. B. Newton was told that the 

 birds inhabit Ladigue and Silhouette, and believed he saw 

 them, on one occasion, at Mahe. 



Zosterops mayottensis. 



Zosterops mayottensis, Schl. Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 191 (1884) 

 Mayotte Is.; Tristr. Ibis, 1887, p. 370; Milne Edw. and Oust. N. 

 Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris (2), x. p. 246 (1888) ; Shelley, B. Afr. 

 I. No. 86 (1896). 



Adult. Similar to Z. semiflava, but differs in having the forehead bright 

 yellow. Total length 3-9 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-15, tail 1-2, tarsus 07. 



The Mayotte Chestnut-flanked White-eye is confined to the 

 island of Mayotte, one of the Comoro group, situated about 



