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There are also in the Transvaal Museum collection four males and 
three females from the same locality, which give the following measure- 
ments : — 
Wing, 108-111 ; tail, 77-82 ; tars., 28-31 ; culm., 21-23 mm. 
Wing, 93-98 ; tail, 69-73 ; tars., 28 ; culm., 19 mm. 
Phyllastrephus capensis intermedins , subspec. nov. 
This subspecies is intermediate between P. capensis capensis and 
P. c. snahelicus , differing from the former in being paler olive brown 
above and whiter below, and from the latter in being darker above and on 
the flanks, and paler on the under tail-coverts. 
Type of T.M. No. 7831 ; ex coll. F. 0. Noome, Umbelluzi River, 
Portuguese S.E. Africa, 30.Y.11. Wing, 88 ; tail, 91 ; tars., 23 ; culm., 
20 mm. 
Type of $ T.M. No. 7829 ; same locality, 28.V.11. Wing, 80; tail, 87 ; 
tars., 23 ; culm., 20 mm. 
Also another specimen from the same locality. 
Zosterops vaalensis , spec. nov. 
This specimen was thought to be Z. deserticola , judging by its small 
size and similarity to Z. sundevalli ; but Prof. Dr. Reichenow, to whom it 
was referred, kindly compared it w T ith the type, and expressed the opinion 
that it is referable to an undescribed species. 
Entire upper surface from the crown to the upper tail-coverts and 
ear-coverts and sides of neck pale olive green washed with yellowish ; 
sides of forehead, lores, chin, and throat pale yellow ; under-surface of 
body and under tail-coverts pale yellow, paler than the throat ; sides of 
breast greyer and merging into a wash of tan-brown on the sides of the 
abdomen ; under wing-coverts white, faintly tinged with yellow ; primar- 
ies and secondaries, and tail-feathers, dark brown, externally margined 
w 7 ith pale olive green washed with yellowish ; inner margins whitish. 
Bastard wing uniform dark brown ; edge of wing yellowish. Under the 
forepart of the eye a dark mark, extending towards and fading into the 
ear-coverts. 
Type, § T.M. No. 8403 ; ex coll. Austin Roberts, Venterskroon, Potchef- 
stroom, 24.11.09. (Iris, brownish grey ; bill, dark brown, genys slate 
blue ; legs and feet, bluish slate. Length, 119 mm. — A. R.) Wing, 58 ; 
tail, 43 ; tars., 17 ; culm., 10 mm. 
Apalis rhodesiae , spec. nov. 
This species is closely allied to A. murinus , with the type of which 
it has been kindly compared by Prof. Reichenow, but differs in the $ 
having a dark brown streak below the eye. 
Top of head, back, and sides of neck light grey brown ; back and 
wing-coverts dark grey ; rump yellowish ; upper tail-coverts and two 
central pairs of tail-feathers dark grey ; a dark brown mark extends from 
the anterior angle of the eye to the lower ear-coverts, below which it is 
faintly indicated on the sides of the neck. Cheeks, chin, and throat pure 
white, bordered below by a narrow black crescent, broader and terminating 
on the sides of the neck. Breast white, gradually assuming a yellowish 
hue on the abdomen ; thighs grey ; under tail and wing coverts white, the 
latter inclining to yellow. Primaries dark brown, edged externally with 
silvery grey, inner margins white for the basal two-thirds. Outermost 
tail-feathers dark grey at the base, for the remainder white ; penultimate 
pair also white for the greater part, but with more grey at the base ; 
antepenultimate dark grey for the greater part, the white only forming a 
