676 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Nov. IS, 



10. CORYTHORNIS CRISTATA (Linn.). 



Corythornis vintsioides, Sharpe, Monogr. Alccd. p. 33 (1867); 

 E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 297. 



Corythornis cristata, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. vi (1871) ; 

 Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 78. 



Seven specimens, Anjuan. 



til. Merops superciliosus, Linn. 



Merops superciliosus, Hartl. Viig. Madag. p. 81 ; E. Newton, 

 P.Z. S. 1877, p. 297. 



Two specimens from Grand Comoro, and five from Anjuan. 



I feel no doubt as to the forms inhabiting the Comoro Islands, 

 Madagascar, and East and South Africa being identical. They are 

 the true M. superciliosus, Linn., and are distinct from the Egyptian 

 and more northern form M. agyptius, Forsk. 



*12. ClNNYRIS NOTATA (P. L. S. Milll.). 



Cinnyris notatus, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, pt. ii. (1876). 



Nectarinia angladiana, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 89. 



Five adult males, Grand Comoro. 



This species, hitherto only known from Madagascar, appears to 

 be not uncommon in Grand Comoro. Compared with the Mada- 

 gascar bird I cau find no specific difference, though in the specimens 

 before me there is a slight but variable tendency to a blue gloss on 

 the throat and mantle. 



13. Cinnyris comorensis, Peters. 



Cinnyris comorensis, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, pt. ix. (1879). 



Three specimens, Anjuan. 



tl4. Zosterops anjuanensis, E. Newton. 

 Zoslerops anjuanensis, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 297, pi. 33. 

 fig. 1. 



One specimen from Grand Comoro, and six from Anjuan. 



*15. Zosterops kirki, n. sp. 



a, b. Two specimens, Grand Comoro. 



Similis Z. mayottensi sed rnidto minor et subtus ornnino Jlava, 

 hypochondriis quoque jiavis distinguenda. 



a. Upper parts, as well as the wing-coverts, olive-yellow, with a 

 rather yellower shade on the upper tail-coverts ; sides of the forehead 

 and an eyebrow gamboge-yellow ; remainder of the wings dark 

 brown, the feathers margined on the outer webs with olive-yellow 

 and on their inner webs with white ; tail dark brown, with the outer 

 webs of the feathers edged with olive-yellow ; entire underparts 

 uniform gamboge-yellow. Total length 3*7 iuches, culmen - 35, 

 wing 21, tail 1*5, tarsus 0"65. 



I believe the specimen I have here described to be a male, because 

 it is slightly the brighter bird. In b the sides of the crop and the 

 flanks are faintly tinted with olive. 



