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69. — Myzomela. obscura, Gould. 

 Three males and two females, Cape York. 



70. — Melithreptus albogularis, Gould. 

 Two males and one female, Cape York. 



71. — Dicteum hirundinaceum, Latham. 

 Three males, Cape York. 



72. — Nectarinia australis, Gould. 

 One male, Palm Island ; four males and one female, Cape 

 Grenville ; one female, Albany Island ; one male and one 

 female, Cape York ; three males and one female, Sue 

 Island ; one male, Warrior Island. 



73. — Zosterops ramsayi, (male) iV. Sp. 



Crown of the head, neck, throat, wings, rump, and under tail 

 coverts, greenish yellow ; lores, and a line beneath the eye black ; 

 back and chest, bluish grey ; abdomen light grey, passing into very 

 light butt' on the flanks ; eyes surrounded by a very large zone of 

 white feathers ; primaries and secondaries, browuish black, mar- 

 gined on their outer webs with yellow ; beneath, on their inner 

 webs, with white ; tail, brown, margined with yellow ; legs and 

 feet, bluish grey ; upper mandible, brownish black ; under mandible, 

 horn colour ; irides, brown. Total length, 4-4; wing, 2-4; tail, 

 1*75 ; tarsi, 0*65 ; bill from forehead, 0*5 ; from gape, 0-6. 



Two specimens of this very tine and distinct species were shot 

 by Spalding and myself, on Palm Island ; although they appeared 

 to be tolerably numerous, we found it very difficult to obtain 

 specimens, as they frequented the highest trees in the dense 

 scrubs. The very large zone of white feathers surrounding the 

 eye, will always serve to distinguish this from all other Australian 

 species. 



I name this species after Edward P. Ramsay, Esq., F.L.S., 

 Curator of the Sydney Museum. 



74. — Zosterops flavogularis (male), iV*; Sp. 

 All the upper surface dull greenish yellow ; lores, and a line 

 beneath the eye black ; eyes surrounded by a narrow zone of 



