196 ZOSTEROPS ANJUANENSIS. 



Zosterops anjuanensis. 



Zosterops anjuanensis, E. Newton ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 170 (1884) ; 



Milne Edw. and Oust. N. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris (2), x. p. 247 



(1888) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 103 (1896). 

 Zosterops praetermissa, Tristr. Ibis, 1887, p. 370, pi. 11, fig. 1 ; A. and 



E. Newton, Ibis, 1888, p. 474. 



Adult. Very similar in plumage to Z. madagascariensis and Z. capensis, 

 but most readily distinguished by the upper parts being decidedly paler 

 and of a brighter and yellower shade, with clear yellow sides to the forehead, 

 forming partial eyebrows ; breast more uniform isabelline white. Total 

 length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-2, tail 1-5, tarsus 0'7. Johanna Is. 

 (G. A. Frank). 



The Anjuan White-eye inhabits Johanna, otherwise called 

 Anjuan Island. 



Mr. C. B. Bewsher collected the type, four other specimens, 

 a nest and eggs of this species, and informs us that it is 

 called by the natives of the island " Nean Teughnan." He 

 considered it to be not very common, but Sir John Kirk has 

 since sent me six specimens from Johanna. 



The nest is cup-shaped, made of grass, and the eggs are 

 pale blue, similar to those of other members of the genus. 

 With regard to Z. prsetermissa, the type of which I have care- 

 fully examined, there can be no doubt — as Messrs. A. and E. 

 Newton have already pointed out — that it is a specimen of 

 Z. anjuanensis. It is, however, interesting, as showing how 

 soluble in spirit are the yellow and green colours of the 

 Zosteropidas. 



Zosterops comorensis, sp. nov. (PI. 9, fig- 1.) 



Type. Similar to Z. anjuanensis, but smaller and with the yellow of the 

 throat and under tail-coverts paler. Total length 3'9 inches, culmen 0'45, 

 wing 2-05, tail 1-4, tarsus 0'6. Great Comoro Is. (Kirk). 



