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[A pair of this beautiful little Flower-pecker were shot in the Congo Forest near 

 Mawambi by Mr. R. E. Dent. They frequent the tops of the tall trees, and, though 

 probably not uncommon, are very difficult to get. — JR. B. W.] 



Family Zosteropid^. 

 ZosTEKOPS JACKSONi Neumann. 



Zosieropsjacksoni Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 184 (1900) ; Eeich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 430 (1905). 

 Zosterops scotti Neumann^ Reich, t. c. p. 431 ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 554 [Ruwenzori] . 



a. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 28th Dec. [No. 3057. B. B. PF.] 



d. 



b-q. 6 ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-8000 ft., lst-26th Jan. [Nos. 69, 



87, 111, 132. B. E.D.; 1102, 1111, 1112. B. C; 2045, 2052, 2081, 2087. 0. L.; 



3077, 3078, 3096, 3120. B. B. W.] ^ 



r-ti. d . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-8000 ft., 10th-16th March. [Nos. 1357, 



d. 



1358. B. a ; 2185. G. L. ; 3199. B. B. W.] 



V. 2 . Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft., 1st Aug. [No. 3531. B. B. W.] 

 w. d . Mpanga Forest, 5000 ft., 16th Sept. [No. 3568. B.B. W.] 

 Adult male and female. Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet blackish, brown, or 

 greenish-grey. 



After a careful examination of a very large series of Zosterops from Ruwenzori, Tore, 

 Uganda, and Kavirondo, I agree with Capt. Shelley that Z. scotti Neumann, from 

 Ruwenzori, cannot be separated from Z. jacksoni Neumann, from Mau, Nandi, 

 Elgon, &c. 



An unusually small and brightly-coloured male was procured in the Mpanga 

 Forest. In this specimen the wing measures 2'25 inches and the tail 1-65 ; whereas 

 in most of the males from Ruwenzori the wing measures 2"4-2'5 inches and the 

 tail 1"8 ; one bird, however, from the latter locality closely approaches the bird from 

 the Mpanga Forest in size, having the wing 2"3 inches and the tail 1"6. 



[Jackson's White-eye was found on Ruwenzori at elevations of from 5000 to 10,000 ft. 

 It was very plentiful in the forest-zone, and perhaps the most numerous bird in the 

 mountains. It was also plentiful in the Mpanga Forest, but was not seen in the 

 Congo Forest.—^. B. PT.] 



