1. zosTERors. 153 



P- ^,^J\(1^'9), xvi. p. 81 (1880) ; ixl. Om. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 366 

 (Ibbij, ^ 



Acanthiza citriuella, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 220, no. 314;) (1869). 

 Adult male (type of species). General colour above olive-yeUow 

 brighter aud more golden yellow on the rump and upper tail-coverts • 

 wmg-coverts golden yellow ; bastard-wing feathers olive-brown • 

 primary-coverts olivo-yeUowish ; quills blackish, externally olive- 

 yeUow ; tail-feathers dusky, with duU olive-yeUow margins • crown 

 of head a little more dingy than the back, duU golden olive • lores 

 and extreme base of forehead golden yeUow ; ring of feathers 'round 

 the eye silky white ; in front of the eye a blackish spot exteudina 

 below the latter ; enr-coverts dull olive-yellow ; cheeks, throat, and 

 fore neck bright golden yellow ; remainder of under surface very 

 pale ashy, white on the abdomen, which is faintly tin^-ed with 

 yeUow ; thighs and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wino-. 

 coverts aud axiUaries white, slightly washed yellow- ; edge of win" 

 brighter yellow ; quiUs below dusky ; inner edge of quifls whitish" 

 Total length o inches, culmen 0-(J, wing '1-^, tail 1-95, tarsus 0-8 

 Uah. Ke Islands, Moluccas. 



a. Ad. sk. Ke Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



14. Zosterops aureiventer. 



Zosterops lateralis {nee Lath.), Ho.rtl. J. f. 0. 1865, p 15 (ev Temm 



31SS.) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 163, "uo. 2150 (1869)- Tiveedd 



Ibis, 1877, p. 303 ; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. 1878, vol i n 459 ." 



Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 65, 104, 497. ' ^" ' 



Zosterops auiiveuter, ^mw, Str. F. 1878, p. 519; Nicholson, Ibis, 



IbbO, p. 152. ' ' 



Zosterops buxtoiii, Nicholson, Ibis, 1879, p. 167. 



Adult male. Similar to Z. palpehrosa, but smaller and rather 



greener above, and having a very black wing and tail ; sides of 



breast very clear grey ; centre of breast and abdomen washed with 



bright yellow; "bill black; legs aud feet slaty blue; ii-is grey" 



(//. 0. Forbes). Total length 3-4 inches, culmen 0-45, winA-95 



tail I'l, tarsus 0'55. ° ' 



Hah. From Southern Tenasserim down the Malayan peninsula to 



Sumatra, Java, and Timor. 



a, b. Ad. sk. W. Java (F. C. Bu.vton). F.Nicholson, Esq. [P.J. 



, , , , (Types of Z. Z>K.i7'owi'.) 



P. dad. sk. Java. F.D.UochiianandO.Sal- 



, . -, 1 -r, , -„. "^'i") Esqrs. fr.! 



d. Ad. sk. Pido Fmang. M. VerreaiLx. 



15. Zosterops everetti. 



Zosterops everetti, Tweedd. P. Z. S. Ib77, jip. 762, 829 ; id. ibid. 1878 

 pp. Ill, 950; Wardlau- Bamsay, Orn. Works Tweedd. p. ^r^^ (1881)! 

 Adult male (type of species). General colour above dark olive- 

 yellow, rump and upper tail-coverts scarcely lighter ; wing-coverts 

 like l>ack, a little yellower on edge of greater coverts ; bastard-win^ 

 aud primary-coverts blackish, the latter edged with olivc-ycllowt 

 quills blackish, externally olive-yellow, brighter on edge of primaiies • 



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