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feathers of the cheeks ; breast and abdomen dnller yellow ; sides of 

 bod_y and flanks dusky olive-brown, lighter bro-n-n on the latter : 

 thighs olive externally, yellow on the inner side ; under tail-corerts 

 pale yellow, olive in the centre of the feathers ; inner wing-coverts 

 and axillarics dull white, slightly washed with yellow, with pale 

 dusky bases ; quills below dusky ; inner edge of quiUs ashy whitish ; 

 " iris reddish brown " (Brenchlei/). Total length 5 inches, culmen 

 0-65, wing 2'6, tail 2, tarsus 0-So. 



Female. Like male. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0"6o, wing 2*6, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0*8. 



Hah. jS'orfoIk Island*. 



a. Ad. sk. [Norfolk Island.] Zoological Society. 



b. Ad. sk. [Norfolk Island.] Gould Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. [Norfolk Island.] Gould Collection. 



(i, «• c? $ ad. sk, Norfolk Island, Julius Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



June 1865. 



4. Zosterops strenua. 



Zosterops strenuus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 166 ; id. B. Austr. Sunpl, 

 pi. 48 (1869) ; Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 222 ; Gould, Handh. B. Austr. 

 ii. p. 537 (186.5) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1865, p. 18; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 i. p. 162, no. 2108 (1869). 



Adult female. General colour above light ashy grey on the mantle, 

 scapulars, and upper back ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 olive-green ; wing-coverts olive-green ; bastard-wing feathers and 

 primary-coverts blackish, the latter with olive-green margins ; quills 

 dusky brown, edged with olive-green, yellower on the primaries : 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with olive-green ; crown of head, 

 nape, and hind neck lighter olive-green, with a line of bright yeUow 

 above the lores ; lores blackish, as well as a line below the eve ; 

 feathers round the eye white ; ear-coverts olive-green ; cheeks, 

 throat, and fore neck brighter yellow ; chest light ashy, tinged on 

 the sides with isabeUine brown ; breast and abdomen white ; sides 

 of body and flanks isabeUine brown ; thighs white, washed yellow ; 

 under tail-coverts a little brighter yellow ; under wing-coverts and 

 axiUaries white ; edge of wing yellow ; quills below dusky ; inner 

 edge of quills whitish. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 

 2-75, tail 2"15, tarsus 0'85. 



Hah. Lord Howe's Island. 



a. $ ad. sk. Lord Howe's Island {J. Voyage of II.M.S. 'Herald.' 



MacgilUvray), 



5. Zosterops westernensis. 



Zosterops annulosa, var. ^, Swains. Zoof. lUustr, 1st ser, iii. p. 139 

 (c. 1824). 



* Not only in the British Museum, but in others on the continent are found 

 sperimens said to liave been procured in Australia. One bird in the British 

 Museum is hibelled " Moreton Bay :'' but I do not know if there are any really 

 authentic instances of its occurrence in Australia itself. 



