145 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
[This active little bird swarms all over the thick woods 
of the Abyssinian valleys. Like Zoster ops polio paster, it is 
widely distributed throughout the low country.—L.] 
83. ZoSTEROPS POLIOGASTER. 
Zosterops poliogaster Heugl.; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
ix. p. 169 (1884); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 141 
(1884), & xxvi. p. 249 (1888). 
a. J. Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 101.) 
Iris brown ; bill black; legs dark. 
[A very common bird. The telephone-wire, along which 
one marches for 200 weary miles to Addis Abbeba, seems to be 
a cause of great destruction to this beautiful little Silver-eye, 
and many specimens were brought in by our mule-men in 
the hope of receiving the dollar reward given for a new 
bird.—L.] 
84. Parus leucomelas. 
Parus leucomelas fUipp. Neue Wirbelth., Yog. p. 100, 
pi. 37. fig. 2 (1835). 
Parus niger [a. northern race] Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
viii. p. 7 (1883). 
Melaniparus leucomelas, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 243 (1888). 
a. J. Telagubaie, Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. 
(No. 327 ) 
Iris brown ; bill black; legs dark slate-colour. 
85. Parus leuconotus. 
Parus leuconotus Guer.; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. 
p. 10 (1883). 
Melaniparus leuconotus Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 137 (1884), & xxvi. p. 243 (1888). 
a. ? . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 120.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
86. iEGITHALUS MUSCULUS. 
Mgithalus musculus, Hartl. J. f. O. 1882, p. 326 [Lado] ; 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 476. 
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