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87. Meliphaga procerior (Finsch and Hartlaub). 



Ptilotis procerior Finsch and Hartlaub, Beitr. fauna Central-Polynesiens, 1867, 

 p. 62, pi. 5, fig. 1. (Ovalau). 



Four specimens were secured on Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands. One 

 is a male, another is marked male with a query, and on the labels of 

 the other two birds the sex is not indicated. An immature bird not 

 yet fully grown has the bare malar space much reduced in size, and 

 the black markings about the head are duller, but otherwise the bird 

 is similar to adults. Wiglesworth (Aves Polynesiae, 1891, p. 34-35) 

 has divided this species into several subspecies of which these birds 

 should represent the typical form. As other specimens are not 

 available for comparison no attempt is made here to distinguish 

 between forms from the various islands. 



Measurements of three adults follow: — 



ZOSTEROPIDAE. 



88. Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert. 



Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert, Nov. zooL, 1900, 7, p. 2. (Ruk). 



Four females of this species were secured at Uala in the Truk 

 Group, Middle Carolines, 16 February. These vary somewhat in the 

 depth of black on the lores and under the eye, but this may be due 

 to age. The ear coverts are only slightly paler than the crown. 

 Measurements of these specimens are as follows: — 



