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7 c?c?, 2 ? ?, Rendovn, Febrnar.v 1904 (Nos. A. 1101, 1'203, 1220, 1240, V2r>C,, 

 1257,1295,1206,1312). 



" Iris dull red (bazcl, bright chocolate) ; feet str.iw-yellow : bill black." 



80. Zosterops luteirostris Hart. 

 Znsld-ope hiteiroslris Hartert, Bull. B.O.C., March 1904 (Gizo). 



5 <?£?, 5 ? ?, Gizo, October and November 1903 (Nos. A. Gofi, (i3], 633, 724, 

 748,761, 795,803,840, 855). 



" Iris dark red (]iiiim-red) ; feet straw-yellow ; bill dark straw-yellow)." 



81. Zosterops metcalfei Tristr. 



Zmternpe melcrd/ei Tristram, Tbi.<, 18!t4, p. 2'J, pi, iii. (Eugotu = Isaliel). (Cf. Xnv. Zonl , 1902, 

 p. 581.) 



2 c?c?, 3 ? ?, Choiseiil, December 1903 (Nos. A. 804, 935, 952, 985, Io30). 



3 (?(?, 3 ? ?, Bougainville, April 1904 (Nos. A. 1494, 1596, 1014, 1015, 1628, 

 1657). 



" Iris chocolate-brown ; feet .slate ; bill black and horn-colonr.'' 



82. Myzomela eichhorni Hothsch & Hart. 



Mir-omrla eirhlwrm Rothschild & Hartert, Xoo. Zonl., 1901, p. 181 (Kulambangra") ; Xov. Zmil. 1902. 

 pi. VII. figs. 1, 2. 



"We have now received a number of adnlt females. They are much smaller 

 than the males (wing about 02 mm.), the crown is much lighter, not blackish, the 

 rnmp olive with a rnsty tinge, but not red. The young resemble the females, but 

 the males are larger, and the red on the rump appears at the first moult. 



3 (?(J,3 ? ?,2 c? juv., Rendova, February 19(i4 (Nos. A. 1104, 12(i8, 1211, 

 1217, 1221, 1229, 1242, 1292). 



4 (?(?, New Georgia, March 1904 (Nos. A. 1407, 1453, 1403, 140.3). 



4 3 ad., 5 ? ad., 1 S .juv., Gizo, August 1901, October and November 1903 

 (Nos. 3539, 354(1, A. 702, 708, 722, 752, 763, 799, 800, 834). 



" Iris brown ; feet slate; bill black." 



The birds from Gizo are rather smaller than those from Kulambangra, 

 Rendova, and New Georgia. 



!^3. Myzomela lafargei Jacq. & Pnch. 



.\fi;yiiiiel(( lifiiriid Jucq. c^ Piicli., I'r.//. Pole Siid. Zonl., Ois.. p. 9H {IS.jl^i— Solomon Islands), 



The female differs considerably from the male. It is above very dark cilive, 

 not black ; tlie crown like the back, not red ; the throat olive-brown, instead of 

 black ; breast and abdomen duller. 



4 S ad., 1 ?, 3 ^ jnv., Ohoiseul, December 1903, January 1904 (Nos. A. 904, 

 921,988, 1051, 1054, 1117, 1143, 1145). 



3 S ad., 2 ? ?, 2 c? juv., Bougainville, April and May 1904 (Nos. A. 1496, 

 1511, 1584, 1586, 1.586, 1587, 1713). 



84. Dicaeum aeneum Jacij. & Pnch. 



Dieaeum aeneum, Jacq. et Pucheran, Voy. Pile !<ud, Znol., Ois., p. 97 (158.'? : " San Jorge "). 



4 S<S, 3 ? ?, Choiseul, December 19()3, January 19o4 (Nos. A. 890, 894, 890, 

 897, 1007, 1033, 1144). 



G (?(?, Bougainville, April 1904 (Nos. A. 1477, 158], 1043, 1651, 1608, 1683). 



