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PoLioLAis HELENOR^ Alexander. 



Immature male and female. DiflFer from the adult in 

 having the upper-parts more olive; forehead^ croAvn, andlback 

 of the neck a deeper rufous-brown; the pale chestnut on the 

 sides of head and lores only faintly indicated. General 

 colour of the under-parts brownish-olive, chin and throat 

 yellowish becoming brownish-olive on the breast, belly pale 

 greenish-yellow, feathers of the flanks tipped with rufous- 

 brown. 



Bill: upper mandible dark horn, lower yellowish; iris 

 grey ; feet dark brown {E. Seimund) . 



Mr. D. A. Bannerman also sent the description of a new 

 form o^ Zosterops from Fernando Po which he proposed to 

 name : — 



Zosterops stenocricota poensis, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to Z. steno- 

 cricota Reichw,, from which it is distinguished as follows: — 



Brighter, more golden and less olive, upper-parts. Fore- 

 head and cheeks of a- deeper, less canarv, yellow, which 

 colour extends further back towards the crown. Lores less 

 distinctly black ; under-parts deeper yellow throughout and 

 strongly washed Avith olive-green, less distinctly on the 

 belly. 



Size (on an average) larger, wing 54-59 mm. : bill dis- 

 tinctly larger, culmen (exposed) 10-11 mm. ; tail 37 ; tarsus 

 16-5. 



Hab. Fernando Po. 



Type in the British Museum : ($ ad. Banterbari, 

 Fernando Po, 7. iii. 04. E. Seimund coll. 



Mr. Claude H. B. Grant sent the description of the 

 following new subspecies : — 



Centropns superciliosus loandse, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Generally much darker than C. s. super- 

 ciliosus ; top of head, ear-coverts, and nape of the neck 



