158 MELIPHAGIDJE. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 4-5 

 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 2-35, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-7. 



H(tb. Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Lord Howe's 

 Island, Fiji Islands *. 



a. Z. westeniensis. 



a. Ad. sk. Adelaide, S. Australia, Gould CoUectiou. 



Oct. 10, 1S70 ( White). 



b, c. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Collection. 



(I, e. Ad. sk. Eichmond Paver. A. P. Goodwin [C.]. 



f, ff. Ad. sk. Moretou Bay. Gould Collection. 



h, i, k. Ad. sk. Brisbaue, Queensland F. D. Godmau and 0. Sal- 



(J. T. Cockerell). viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 



I. Ad. sk. Cape Upstart (J. B. Voyage of H.M.S. ' Fly.' 



Jukes). 



(i. Z. tepliropleura. 



m. c?ad. sk. Lord Howe's Island. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C], 



(Type of Z. tephropleura.) 



y. Z. griseonota, 



n, o. c? 5 ad. sk. Nu, Port de France, J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



New Caledonia. (Types of Z. griseonota.) 



p.q. cJad.sk. Erromango, New Julius Brenchley, Esq. 



Hel)rides,Aug.l8G5. [C.]. 



I. Z.f.aviceps. 



r, s. c? ? ad. sk. Levuka. Voyage of H.M.S. ' Chal- 



lenger.' 

 t. d ad. sk. Ovalau, May 18, 1875. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.l. 



u. Ad. sk. Taviuni, Fiji {L. F. D. Godmau and 0. Sal- 



Liardet). yin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



6. Zosterops vatensis. 



Zosterops vatensis, Trisfr. Ibis, 1879, p. 444. 



This species may be discriminated from Z. griseonota by its very 

 strong bill, the much greater extent of yellow on the throat and 

 neck, and the absence of yellow on the lower tail-coverts. Total 

 length 5-3 inches, cuLmen 0'55, wing 2-55, tail 2, tarsus 0'85. 

 {Tristram, I. c.) 



Hal. Vate, New Hebrides, 



* Probably identical is : — 



Zosterops ramsayi. 

 Zosterops ramsayi, Masters-, Proa. Linn. Sac. N. 8. W. i. p. 56 (1877) ; 

 Bamsay, op. cit. ii. p. 191 (1878). 

 Crown of the bead, neck, tbroat, wings, rump, and under tail-coverts greenish 

 yellow ; lores and a line beneath the eye black ; back and cliest bluish gi-ey ; 

 abdomen light grey, passing into very light buff on the flaulis ; primaries and 

 secondaries brownish black, margined on their outer webs with yellow, beneath 

 on their inner webs with white ; tail brown, margined with yellow ; legs and 

 feet bluish grey ; upper mandible brownish black, under mandible horn-colour ; 

 iris brown. Total length 4'4 mches, wing 2'4, tail Vlb, tarsus 065, bill from 

 forehead OS, from gape 06. {Masters.) 

 Hah. Palm Island, Torres Straits. 



