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parts of Abyssinia between 3,000 and 10,000 feet, and 

 ranges southward to Wadla and Talanta and northward into 

 Bogos, and he describes a variety procured in May at Djenda 

 in Amhara. Mr. Jesse also found the species in Bogos 

 and Mr. Blauford in the Komalee pass at May en, 3,500 

 feet above the sea. 



From what I have written regarding Z. abyssinica and 

 Z. poliogastra I am led to think that the former is the more 

 eastern or coast-loving bird of the two, and that Z. poliogastra 

 belongs rather to the interior of the continent. 



Zosterops madagascariensis. 



Zosterops madagascariensis (Linn.), Milne Bdw. and Grand. Hist. Madag. 



Ois. i. p. 291, pi. 113, fig. 2 (1882) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 170 



(1884) ; Deans Cowan, Ibis, 1885, p. 101 ; Sibree, Ibis, 1891, pp. 



426, 439 ; Shelley, B. Air. I. No. 102 (1896). 

 Zosterops madagascariensis gloriosae, Bidgway, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



1894, p. 372 ; 1895, p. 526 Gloriosa Is. 



Adult. Very similar to Z. capensis, but brighter and paler, with no trace 

 of yellow on the forehead. Upper parts, as well as sides of head and neck, 

 wing-coverts and outer edges of quills and tail-feathers bright yellowish 

 green ; remainder of wing and tail dark brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner edges of quills white, with a bright yellow edge to the bend of the 

 wing ; a clear white ring round the eye ; in front of eye and a margin 

 beneath the eye-ring black ; throat and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; 

 breast white, washed on front and sides with ash ; thighs yellowish white. 

 Bill slaty black with a pale patch at the base of the keel ; legs leaden grey ; 

 iris brown. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 045, wing 2-15, tail 1-65, 

 tarsus 0-65. Madagascar (Crossley). 



The Madagascar Green-backed White-eye is a native of 

 the islands of Madagascar and Gloriosa. 



According to M. Grandidier, this species is common through- 

 out the wooded parts of Madagascar. They live in parties of 



