184 ZOSTEROPS JACKSONI. 



Zosterops jacksoni. 



Zosterops jacksoni, Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. 1899, p. 23 Mau, Massed, 

 Nandi, Mt. Elgon ; Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 636 Bavine, Nandi. 



Zosterops scotti, Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. 1899, p. 24 Buenzori. 



Zosterops kikuyueusis, Sharpe (?) Hartert in Ansorge's " Under Afr. 

 Sun," p. 350 (1899) Eldoma Bavine. 



Adult Male. Above, yellowish green with the entire forehead bright 

 yellow ; wings and tail dusky brown with the outer edges of the feathers 

 green like the back ; a fairly broad ring of white feathers round the eye, 

 broken through in front by the black loral feathers which extend from the 

 bill to the eye ; throat, centre of breast, thighs and under tail-coverts bright 

 yellow, with the sides of the body yellowish green ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margins of quills white. Total length 4-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 

 2-4, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-7. Mau, 3 25. 2. 97 (Jackson). 



Adult Female. Exactly like the male. " Bill black, iris hazel, feet 

 horny blue " (Jackson). Total length 4-9 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-45, 

 tail 1-9, tarsus 0-7. Mau, ? 25. 2. 97 (Jackson). 



Jackson's Yellow-fronted Olive White-eye inhabits eastern 

 Equatorial Africa. 



The type is a specimen from Mau in the Berlin Museum. 

 Mr. Neumann, when he described the species, knew of, 

 besides the type, four of Mr. Jackson's specimens, and one 

 in Mr. Ansorge's collection from the Eldoma Ravine. I have 

 examined in Mr. Jackson's collection the following eight 

 specimens: Mt. Elgon, 11,500 feet, 3 , February 16; Mau, 

 $ ? , February 25, 3 , April 3 ; Ravine, $ ? , June 24, 

 3 , June 29 ; Nandi, 6,500 feet, ? , June 4. 



All these specimens are exactly alike and agree well with 

 the type of Z. scotti, which is in the British Museum, from 

 the forest of Yeria on Mount Ruenzori, where Mr. Scott 

 Elliot obtained the specimen out of a flock which he met 

 with at an elevation of 8,000 feet. 



