Birds from the West Coast of Africa. 237 



duller yellow than in the adult, and the grey feathers of 

 the throat are faintly streaked with brown, not boldly 

 striated with broad dark brown shaft-streaks as in the 

 fully adult bird. 



[These two examples were shot close to a stream, in the 

 act of being fed by another bird. — W. F. L.] 



ZOSTEROPS GRISEIVIRESCENS BoC. 



Zosterops griseovirescens Reich, iii. p. 437. 



a-f. S ? • Annobon Island. 18th Dec, 1910. (Nos. 

 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117.) 



Iris brown ; bill bluish horn-coloured ; feet plumbeous. 



Total length in the flesh 5 inches ; expanse of wings 

 7^ inches. 



This White-eye is peculiar to the island of Annobon. 

 Mr. Lowe tells me that it was exceedingly plentiful there. 

 Specimen 1 10 was nesting at the time of his visit. 



Sylvia hortensis Linn. 



Sylvia simplex Reich, iii. p. 649. 



a, b. $ . Sierra Leone. 7th & 9th March, 1911. (Nos. 

 603, 573.) 



Iris brown ; upper mandible brown, lower mandible 

 lighter ; feet bluish. 



Total length in the flesh 6 inches ; expanse of wings 

 9| inches. 



Sylviella hardyi Bannerman. 



Sylviella flaviventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds, vol. vii. p. 157 

 (part). 



Sylviella hardyi Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C. xxix. p. 23 

 (1911). 



a. Adult. Sierra Leone. 8th March, 1911. fNo. 587.) 



In the British Museum there is an immature example of 

 this species from Abrobouko, obtained by Mr. Ussher, which 

 has been wrongly identified as S. flaviventris Sharpe. 



A full description of this new bird has been given m 

 the ' Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club' [vide 

 supra). 



