154 JlEUPHAGID^. 



2. Zosterops albignlaris. 



Zosterops albifrularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 75; id. Syn. B. Austr. 

 i. (1{?37) ; Grmi, Gen. B. i. p. 198 (1848); Von Peb.'Sitz.k. Akad. 

 Wien, xli. p. 320 (18G0); Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 222; Gould, B. 

 Austr. fol. Suppl. pi. 46 (1859) ; id. Handh. £. Austr. ii. p. 535 

 (1865) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 17 ; Grm/, Hand-J. B. i. p. 162, 

 no. 2111 (1869). 



Male. General colour above dull olive-brown, a little greener on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts; wing-coverts greener than the 

 back ; bastard- wing and primary-coverts dusk}' blackish, edged with 

 green externally ; quills dusky brown, externally ashy grey tinged 

 with green, the inner secondaries washed with green on the outer 

 web ; tail-feathers dusky brown with greenish margins, ashy whitish 

 along the edge of the inner web ; crown of the head a little greener 

 than the back and slightly tinged with grey ; lores black, extending 

 in a narrow streak under the eye ; eyelid silky white ; ear-coverts 

 ashy grey, extending onto the sides of the neck and having a faint 

 tinge of green ; cheeks and throat white ; lower throat, breast, and 

 abdomen white, a little greyer on the fore neck and chest ; sides of 

 body and flanks light cinnamon ; thighs white with a slight tinge 

 of yellow : under tail-coverts pale yellow, a little more dingy at the 

 ends of the long coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pure 

 white; quills dusky below, inner edges white; "bill and legs lead- 

 colour " (Gould). Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3'05, 

 tail 2-15, tarsus 0-84. 



Female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 5"5 inches, 

 culmen 0*7, wing 2-95, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-85. 



Sfab. N"orfolk Island. 



a, b. Ad. si. [Norfolk Island.] Sir T. Mitchell [C.]. 



c,d. cJ $ ad, sk. Norfolk Island, Julius Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



June 1865. 



3. Zosterops tenuirostris. 



Zosterops tenuirosti-is, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 76 ; id. Syn. B. Austr. 



pt. 1 (1838) ; id. B. Austr. fol. Suiypl. pi. 47 (1859) ; Vo7i Pelz. 



Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixi. p. 320 (1860) ; Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 222 ; 



Gonid, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 536 (1865) ; Marti. J. f. 0. 1865, 



p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 162, no. 2110 (1869). 

 Zosterops lateralis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 198 (1848) {nee Lath.). 



Adult male. General colour above sombre brown ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts olive-green ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median 

 and greater coverts ashy with green margins ; bastard-wing black ; 

 primarv-coverts blackish, edged with olive-green ; quills dusky, edged 

 with olive-green, yellowish on the primaries : tail-feathers dusky, 

 margined externally with olive-green, internally with a narrow 

 whitish border ; crown of head olive-greenish, a little yellower on the 

 sides of the nape ; lores slightly yellower than the crown ; feathers 

 round the eye white, with a blackish spot in front of the eye extending 

 backwards below the latter; ear-coverts olive-green ; cheeks, throat, 

 and fore neck brighter yellow, with a few dusky tips to the anterior 



