214 ) 

 lis. Zosterops bassetti Sharpe. 



ZosUrops bnsselti Sharpe, Ami. rf- Mug. Xut. Hist, ser (!. vol. xiv. p. 57 (189-t: Dammer). 



25 (J?, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5054—5059, 5161—5105, and 

 fourteen without iniinbers). 



Generally Roma specimens seem to be a little larger, but nearly half of them 

 are not larger than true bassetti ; in fact, I believe, if we had a sntiiciently large 

 series from Dammer, there wonld be no difference at all. 



DK'AEIDAE. 

 110. Dicaeum mackloti subspec nov. ? 



Mr. KUhn sent a series from Roma and Moa. These birds seem to be some- 

 what intermediate between £>. mackloti mackloti and D. mackloti salradorii. The 

 black surrounding of the lower throat is more or less wide, iis in D. m. mackloti, 

 but nearly always wider in tlie Roma birds ; the undersnrface i.s buffy, apparently 

 ])aler than in salmdorii ; the bill larger than in mackloti (in must specimens), more 

 like that oi salmdorii. The latter has been described from Babber, and occurs also 

 on Dammer ; but I have only a single male from the latter island before me. 

 V. m. salmdorii is doubtless (like several others) a subspecies of the mackloti groivp. 

 The underside is not quite pure white in mackloti, the black surrounding- of the red 

 throat not entirely absent, but somewhat indicated in salradorii. 



Future ornithologists will perhaps name both the Roma and Moa forms, but 

 I do not venture to go so far just now. 



Mr. Kiihn sent the following specimens : 



13 c? ad., 4 {? juv., 6 ? ad., 4 juv., Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5305— 

 5310, 5355—5358, 5379—5398, 5399, 6181, and twelve without numbers.) 



10 (?(?, 3 ? ?, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6182—6188, 6260, 6334— 

 6336, and two without numbers.) 



NECTARINIIDAE. 

 120. Cinnyris Solaris exquisita subspec. nov. 



[Xectariiiia snhriH Temminek, PL Co?. 347 (182.5 : " Amboyna," crrore ! Terra typica Timor, ex 



Sal. Muller)]. 

 Cinnyris Solaris Finsch, NnUs Leyikii ilns. xxii. p. 2li8 (Wetter). 



Very closely allied to N. Solaris Solaris, but the bill rather long, colour of 

 abdomen and breiist very brilliant, axillary tufts deep orange, back much washed 

 with golden brown. (T;/pe : No. 5609, Wetter, 30. ix. 1902.) 



Mr. Kiihn sent of ('. s. e.cqiiisitu : 



12 cJad., 2 3 juv., 4 ? ?, Wetter, September, October 19U2. (Nos. 5492—5495, 

 5571, 5572, 5608—5611, 5729, and seven without numbers.) 



" S ad. Iris blackish brown, bill black, feet black." 



We must recognise three subspecies : 



1. Cinnyris Solaris degener subsp. nov.: bill shorter, liack more greenish, 

 axillary tufts pure yellow, flanks greenish. Flores, Lomblen, Alor. (Type: No. 6039, 

 (?, Endeh, S. Flores, 12. ix. 1896, A. Everett coll.) 



2. Cinni/ris .solar/s Solaris : bill probably a little longer, back more washed with 

 golden brown, axillary tufts more golden yellow. Exactly intermediate between 

 C. s. degener and C. s. exqaisita. Timor and Semao. 



