688 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on the Birds collected and 



Lcocincla Madagascar iensis rostrata Ridgway, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 525. 



One adult female. 



Iris brown ; bill orange ; tarsi and toes brown. 



My example from Glorioso was not in good plumage but 

 in moult ; however, I cannot see the slightest difference 

 between it and a series from Mayotte and. Madagascar. 



I met with only four of these birds, and was unable to 

 obtain more than the one example. I certainly did not 

 notice any difference in the note from that of the Mayotte 

 bird. 



ZOSTEROPS MADAGASCARIENSIS (Gm.). 



Zosterops madagascariensis Gadow, Cat. B. B. M. ix. 

 p. 170. 



Zosterops madagascariensis gloriosa Ridgway, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 526. 



Five adult males, two immature females. 



The Madagascar White-eye is the most abundant land-bird 

 on Glorioso. I have carefully compared my seven speci- 

 mens with a series of Z. madagascariensis in the British 

 Museum, and I cannot find the slightest difference between 

 them. Ridgway says that he separates the Glorioso bird 

 with hesitation, as he has only one Madagascar bird for 

 comparison, but thinks that the upper parts are " less 

 vivid" in the Glorioso bird, and that the yellow on the 

 under tail-coverts is brighter, but my series does not bear 

 this out. The two so-called forms are absolutely indis- 

 tinguishable. As soon as we landed on the island I saw 

 this bird, and near the settlement I found it in numbers 

 along with the Sun-bird. 



ClNNYRIS SOUIMANGA (Gm.). 



Cinnyris suimanga Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. 

 p. 526; Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 106. 



Two males. 



Tarsi and toes black. 



At the time of our visit this Sun-bird was not in its full 

 beauty. It seems to keep almost entirely to the cocoanut 



