by Mr. Cluudc Grant in South Africa. 279 



tlie breast and abdomen. The win^ measures 51 mm. It 

 closely resembles Anthotlireptes seimundi, a species recently 

 described by Oiiilvie-Grant from AVest Africa, which extends 

 to the Semliki Valley in Central Africa. 



I am inclined to identify it with Anthothreptes reichenowi 

 Gunning, also from Beira, but I have not seen the types, 

 which are in the Pretoria JNIuseum. 



[The single specimen obtained was solitarj% and was shot 

 among the tops of some small bushes in one of the many 

 stretches of woodland which are a common feature of the 

 ])eira district. It was silent, and was apparently searching 

 for insects among the l)ranches. 



The solt parts are: — Irides brown; bill, legs and toes 

 horn-brown.] 



173. ZOSTEROPS ANDEHSSONI. 



P. Coguno, Aug., Sept. (5) ; Tambarara, Mch. (2). 



[This dainty little "White-eye'" w^as only found in the 

 Jnhambane and Gorongoza districts of the Portuguese 

 country. It was rather scarce in the latter locality, but was 

 by no means uncommon in the former. It was usually 

 observed in pairs or small ])arties of from four to six, never 

 more ; it frequented the tops of the larger trees, espe- 

 cially the " caout-chouc."'' Besides insects, which form its 

 principal food, it pecks and eats a certain amount of wild 

 fruit and enjoys the nectar of certain flowering trees. It is 

 a very active bird and is continually uttering a low call-note. 



The soft parts are : — Irides very pale brown ; bill black, 

 l,ase of lower nuuidiblc whitish ; legs and toes pale slate- 

 coloured.] 



174. ZoSTKKOPS VIRE.XS. 



Z. Siljudeni, Oct., Nov., Dec, Jan. (10) ; Ngoye Hills, 

 Oct. (1); Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch. (1); Zuurbron, May 

 (11) ; Woodbush Hills, Nov. (11) ; Legogot, May (1). 



[This was quite the commonest of the White-eyes and was 

 noted in large flocks of twenty or more individuals in all 

 the forest areas of Natal and Zululand, the South-Eastern, 

 Eastern, and North-Eastern Transvaal. It was breeding 



