366 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [JunC 18, 



55, CiNNYRIS KIRKI. 



Cinnyris I'irU, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 571 ; Fisch, Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. 1884, p. 339 ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 139 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1885, p. 228 ; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 300. 



Nectarinia /calclreiiihi, Bohm, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 194. 



Cinnyris l-alclreuthi, Schal. J. f. O. 1883, p. 359. 



c? . Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., August. 



,56. Anthreptes longuemarii. 



Anthreptes longuemarii, Shellev, Monogr. Nect. p. 335, pi. 108; 

 Schal. J. f, O. 1883, p. 360; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 39. 



Anthreptes orientalis, Hartl. J. f. O. 1880, p. 213; Fisch. Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. 1884, p. 339. 



Nectarinia longuemarii, Bohm, J. f. O. 1883, p. 194 ; Schal. 

 J. f. O. 1887, p. 248. 



Anthothreptes orientalis, Fisch. J. f. O. 1885, p. 138; Kchw. 

 J. f. O. 1887, p. 75. 



Anthothreptes longuemarii, Matsch. J. f. O. 1887, p. 155. 



S 2 . TJseri river, August. 



57. Anthothreptes hypodila. 



Anthodiata %/)oJi/fl(Jard.), Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 345, pi. II 1. 

 figs. 1,2. 



Anthodiceta zainbesiana, Shelley, t. c. p. 343, pi. 111. fig. 3; 

 Schal. J. f. O. 1883, p. 360 ; Fisch. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1 884, p. 339 ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 138. 



Anthreptes zambesiana, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 571. 



Nectarinia collaris, Bohm, J. f. O. 1883, p. 192; 1885, p. 46; 

 Schal. J. f. O. 1887, p. 242. 



Anthodicela collaris, Matsch. J. f. O. 1887, p. 155. 



Anthreptes hypodila, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 39. 



(S ? . Taveta, August. 



58. ZosTEROPs PERSPiciLLATA, n. sp. (Plate XLI. fig. 1.) 

 Adult female. General plumage above bright olive-yellow ; a slight 



rufous shade on the sides of the forehead ; eye surrounded by a 

 very broad band of silky-white feathers 0'15 inch wide; wings 

 and tail slaty black ; wing-coverts olive-yellow like the back ; 

 primary-coverts and quills with broad olive-yellow outer edges, slightly 

 paler and yellower on the primaries ; tail uniform, with no pale edges 

 to the feathers ; throat and under surface of the body bright 

 yellow, passing into olive-yellow on the sides of the neck and body ; 

 under wing-coverts white, partially washed with yellow ; quills slaty 

 black, with partial white inner margins. Bill black ; legs slaty grey, 

 nails brown. Total length 4'4 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2*55, tail 

 2*1, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult male. Similar in plumage. Total length 4'2 inches, 

 culmen 045, wing 2'5, tail 2, tarsus 0'75. 



The specific characters of this species may be summed up as 

 follows : — the white patch of feathers surrounding the eye very broad. 



