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be heard in every patch of scrub, and any human being visiting 

 its haunts is at once spied out and inspected with deep interest 

 and curiosity. A pair of birds will hop on to the branches 

 nearest the visitor's head, and with bright eyes full of questioning, 

 each bird, uttering short interrogatory notes with head turned 

 first to one side and then to the other, will accompany the 

 intruder for some distance until its curiosity is satisfied. 



The nest is characteristic of the genus, being an open cup- 

 shaped structure of rootlets, lined with grass, rather larger and 

 more loosely put together than that of P. pectoralis, and 

 frequently supported on a mass of skeleton leaves. It is placed 

 at no great height in "currajong," lemon, and other small trees, 

 or in hanging masses of vines. 



Eggs, clutch generally two, occasionally three (three to four, 

 North, on the authority of Dr. Metcalfe). Elongated-oval, 

 creamy to bufFy-white ground, with spots and freckles of dark 

 brown; or pale brown ground, with blotches and spots of rich 

 brown, either scattered over the whole shell or forming a distinct 

 zone at the larger end. They vary slightly in size and shape, 

 and are generally of an elongated form. 



Dimensions : 



{\)a, 1-02 X 0-75; 6, 1-02 x 072; c, 1-01 x 72(6th Nov. 1908). 



(2) a, \'0h X 0-70; {h), 1-05 x 0-72(5th Nov. 1908). 



712(M). 73.Z0STEROPS c.ERULESCENS Latham. 



Silver-eye; Little Grinnell(N.I.). 



Zosterops lateralis, North, Rec. Aust. Mus. v. p. 33 7(1 904). 



Hah. — Norfolk Island. (E. and S. Australia, New Zealand). 



This Australian species has, of recent years, taken up its abode 

 in Norfolk Island, probably coming by way of New Zealand, as 

 it is not found at Lord Howe Island. 



715(M). 74.ZOSTEROPS TEPHROPLEURA Gould. 



Grey-breasted Silver-eye; Little Silver-eye(L. H.L). 

 Zosterops tephropleurics Gould, p.538; Ramsay, p. 37; Etheridge, 

 'Lord Howe Island,' p. 9. 

 Ilab. — Lord Howe Island. 

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