202 SPEIROPS MELANOCEPHALA. 



there are now four specimens : one procured by Mr. Monteiro 

 during his Angola expedition, the others by Mr. F. Newton, 

 who informs us that it is known to the colonists as " Otho- 

 branco," and by the natives as " Ue-glosso," so we may 

 presume that it is fairly abundant on the island. 



Speirops melanocephala. 



Zosterops melanocephala, Gray ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 200 (1884) 

 Camaroons ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 125, pi. 14, fig. 1 ; Beichen. 

 J. f. 0. 1890, p. 127 ; Sjostedt, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1895, p. 100. 



Malacirops melanocephala, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. Ill (1896). 



Adult Female. Above, ashy brown, with the crown brownish black; a 

 dusky shade on the ear-coverts and sides of the neck ; sides and front of 

 forehead, cheeks, chin and upper throat white ; remainder of the under 

 parts pale ashy brown, fading into white down the centre of the breast ; 

 under tail-coverts nearly white ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of 

 quills ashy white. Bill and legs pale brown. Total length 4*5 inches, 

 culmen 0'4, wing 2-5, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-85. Camaroons (H. H. Johnston). 



The Camaroons Black-capped Speirops inhabits the forest 

 mountains of Camaroons. 



This species is apparently confined to the highlands, where 

 the type, which is now in the British Museum, was discovered 

 by Burton at an elevation of 7,000 feet, and was unique in 

 collections until Sir Harry Johnston procured two more 

 specimens in the same district, at 7,000 to 8,000 feet, both 

 females. It is interesting, therefore, to be informed by Mr. 

 Yngve Sjostedt that the Messrs. Knutson and Valdau procured 

 a pair at 7,500 feet, and that the male has the under surface 

 paler than the female, and more white on the throat. A good 

 figure of the female will be found, P. Z. S. 1887, pi. 14, 



