ZOSTEROPS ANDERSSONI. 177 



Zosterops anderssoni. (Pi. 7, fig. 1.) 



Zosterops anderssoni, Shelley, B.O.C. I.p. 5 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1893, p 



118 Damara; 1896, p. 180 Nyasa ; Marshall, t. c. p. 244 Salisbury ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 88 (1896) ; id. Ibis, 1897, p. 525 ; 1898, p. 379 



Nyasa ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. i. p. 300 (1900). 

 Zosterops senegalensis (nee Bp.) Gurney in Anderss. B. Darnara, p. 76 



(1872); Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 288 (1877) Caconda, Biballa; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 325, 834 (1884) ; id. Cat. B. 



Mus. ix. p. 181 (1884, pt. S. Afr.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1893, 



p. 162 Galanga. 

 Zosterops tenella (nee Hartl.) Eeichen. J. f. O. 1889, p. 285 Quilimane. 



Adult. Similar in plumage to Z. senegalensis, but larger. "Bill black, 

 iris hazel ; legs dark slate colour " (Guy Marshall). Total length 4-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-35, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-65. 



Andersson's Yellow White-eye ranges from Benguela and 

 the Ovampo country into Mashonaland and Mozambique. 



This species is the South African representative of Z. sene- 

 galensis. Anchieta has procured specimens at Caconda, where 

 it is known to the natives as " Hoio," and at Biballa. South 

 of the Cunene at Elephant Vley Mr. Andersson collected 

 the types, two specimens, and writes : " It was only as I 

 approached the Okavango that I became aware of its existence. 

 In the thornless forests bordering upon the stream it is not 

 uncommon, but it migrates northward 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 variety of positions 

 while it is thus employed." 



In Nyasaland Mr. Alexander Whyte has collected specimens 

 on Mount Chiradzulu and on the Nyika Plateau where it is 

 probably abundant, for in Mashonaland Mr. Guy Marshall 

 procured a male and female at Salisbury, April 14, which had 



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