24 TIMELTID^. 



G. CMoropsis zosterops. 



? Chloropsis gampsorliynchus*, Jard 8r Selhj, III. Orn., text to pi. v., 



pi. vii., text to pi. 0. 

 Chloropsis zosterops, Vujors, App. Man. Life Raffl. p. 674 ; Jard. Sf 



Selby, t. c. text to pi. 0. 

 Phyllornis gampsorliynclius, Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. IG"). 

 Chloropsis soimeratii (nee J. i^- S.), Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. xi. p. 106 



(1842),xii. p. 958(1843). 

 Phyllornis sonneratii {wc J. <§• S.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



p. 21.3; Reichenb. Handb., 3Ieropina>, p. 98, t. cecclxxvii. figs. 



3320-21 ; Jerd. B. Lid. ii. p. 100 ; Pek. Rcis. Nov. Voy. pp. 57, 



161 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 193; Shaiye, Ibis, 1877, p. 15, 1879, 



p. 256. 

 Phyllornis gampsorhynchus. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 115 (nee J. Sf S.). 

 Phyllornis javensis (nee Horsf.), Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 280 ; Gould, 



B. Asia, part xiii. ; Sclafer, P. Z. >S. 1863, p. 219 ; Tickell, J. A. S. Beny. 



xxiv. p. 277 ; Wnlden, Ibis, 1871, p. 168 ; Blyth ^- Wald. B. Burm. 



p. 136 ; Hinne Sf Davis. Str. F. 1878, vol. vi. pp. 334,516 ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1879, p. 99. 

 Phyllornis cyanopogon (nee Temtn.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 40 



(lapsn). 

 Phyllornis viridis, Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 305. 



Adult male (Sumatra, Wallace). General colour above deep grass- 

 green, a little lighter on the head and neck ; wing-coverts like the 

 back, the quills dusky blackish, externally green, the inner secon- 

 daries entirely of the latter colour ; a shoulder-spot of vivid emerald- 

 green, formed by the least wing-coverts ; tail-feathers green, lighter 

 on the edges, and dusky blackish along their inner webs ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye (excepting the hinder margin), sides of face, 

 and entire throat black : a lighter green shade extends from the 

 forehead over the eyes and down the sides of the neck onto the fore 

 neck, the hinder part of the ear-coverts and cheeks being green ; a 

 mou8tachi:il streak of deep violet-cobalt ; remainder of under surface 

 of body bright green ; axillarios and edge of wing green, like the 

 breast ; under wing-coverts ashy, washed with green at the tips ; 

 quills ashy brown below, paler along the inner webs. Total length 

 8 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3'8o, tail 3, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Wants the black throat of the male. General 

 colour green, including the wings and tail ; least wing-coverts 

 emerald-green ; round the eye a ring of yellow, as well as a small 

 spot at the gape ; throat yellow, fore part of cheeks marked with a 

 email blue moustachial streak. Total length 7*5 inches, culmen 0-85, 

 wing 3'5, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-75. 



Youncj bird. Eesemblcs the old female, but has no blue mous- 

 tache. Young males assuming the black throat, and still retaining 

 part of the yellow throat of the female, are not uncommon in collec- 

 tions. The black feathers have either yellow or green tips, which 



* Founded on a young bird, eithor of the present species or of P. viridis. It 

 is impossible to tell from the iigure. 



