358 H. Th. von Heuglin on a new African Zosterops. 
The well-known African species of Zosterops are the following : 
a. Zosterops. 
1. Z. capensis, Snndev. 
Olivaceo-viridis, subtus sordide cinereo-albida; gula crissoque 
flavis; loris nigro-fuscis, linea superiore flavescente; hypo- 
chondriis grisescentibus; annulo periophthalmico nitide 
albo; rostro nigro; iride brunnea. 
Long. 4|"; rostr. a fr. 4" f ; al. 2 11 3 W ; tars. 8| ,,/ . 
Syn. Sundev. Ofvers. af Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Forhandl. 
1850, p. 102. Le Tcheric, LeVaill. Ois. d’Afr. pi. 132. Z.Vail- 
lantii, Reichenb. Meropin. p. 89, t. 460. figs. 3281-86; Grill, 
Zool. Anteckn. p. 38. 
Inhabits the most southern portion of Africa. Common about 
Cape Town (Wahlb.); Victoria, &c. Stationary and solitary in 
Central, North, and Eastern Abyssinia (Heuglin, Riippell, &c.). 
With Sundevall and Reichenbach, we believe the very nearly 
allied Madagascar species to be distinct. It is a smaller bird, 
and wants the dark, blackish lores. 
2. Z. MADAGASCARIENSIS (L.). 
Supra cum alis et cauda olivaeea, capitis lateribus olivaceis ; an¬ 
nulo periophthalmico nitide albo; mento et gula flavis- 
simis; pectore abdomineque albido-cinerascentibus; sub- 
caudalibus, cruribus et subalaribus flavis; rostro nigricanti- 
corneo, basi mandibulse pallida; pedibus brunnescentibus. 
Long.3J-3| ,r j rostr.afr.4| f,, j dl.V , lV n ; caud.abas.l4 ,,r ; tars.7 m . 
Syn. Ficedula madagasc . minor , Briss. Orn. iii. p. 498, pi. 27. 
fig. 2. Motacilla madagasc ., L. Sylvia annulosa, Sw. Zool. 
Illustr. pi. 164. Z. flavigula, Sw. Menag. p. 294; Reichenb. 
1. c. p. 90, t. 460. fig. 3289; Hartl. Orn. Madag. p. 40. 
Specimens from Bernier and Goudot in the Paris Museum. Our 
description is from a fine specimen in the Stuttgardt collection. 
3. Z. lateralis, Sundev. 
Supra pallide olivaceo-viridis, subtus albida, lateribus griseo- 
fulvescentibus; gutture crissoque flavis; loris flavis; gula 
leviter fulvescente tincta; annulo periophthalmico conspi- 
cue albo; rostro nigricante. 
Long. 4 f/ ; al. 2" 2 " 1 ; tars. S'". 
Syn. Sundev. Ofvers. Kongl. Vetensk. Ak. Forhandl. 1850, 
p. 101. Z. abyssinica, Guer. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 162. 
