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yelloiv, and narroTvly fringed with whitish along the inner web ; 

 crown of the head a little yellower than the hack ; lores and base 

 of the forehead bright yellow ; a ring of feathers round the eye 

 silky white, with a dusky spot in front extending backwards below 

 the eye ; ear-coverts olive-yellowish, with paler shaft-lines ; cheeks, 

 sides of the neck, throat, fore neck, and breast brighter yellow ; 

 abdomen ashy wliitc, with a slight yellowish wash ; sides of the 

 body and flanks light ashy brown ; thighs yellow, externally dusky 

 greenish ; under tail-coverts brighter yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 and axiUaries white, slightly washed with yellow ; edge of the 

 wing yellow ; quills dusky below, inner edges white ; " bill livid 

 dark blue, tip black, base of lower mandible white ; legs and feet 

 dark blue ; iris brown " {E. L. Layard). Total length -I'o inches, 

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

 Hah. Fiji Islands. 



a,h. 5ad.sk. Kandavu, Fiji Islands Voy. of H.M.S.' Challenger.' 

 {J. Murraji). (Types of species.) 



c. Ad. sk. Leviika, Ovalau, July Julius IJrenchlev, Esq. [P.]. 



1865. 



27. Zosterops ceylonensis, 



Zosterops aunulosus (jiec Sic), Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 121 (1822) ; 



Layard, Ann. S)- 3Iay. Kat. Hist. xii. p. 267 (1853) ; Leyge, J, 



As. Soc, Ceylon Branch, 1870-71, p. 29. 

 Zosterops ceylonensis, Holdsic. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 459, pi. 20. fig. 2 ; 



Sivinh. Ibis, 1873, p. 228 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 205 ; Legge, 



Ibis, 1874, p. 22 ; Huldsiv. t. c. p. 123 ; Lci/,/e, Ibis, 1875, p. 410 ; 



Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 104; Legye, B. Ceylon,-^. 585 (1880). 



Male. General colour above dull olive-green, scarcely lighter 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back, 

 the median and greater coverts a little yellower on their edges ; 

 bastard-wing feathers dusky ; primary-coverts dull olive-green ; 

 quills dusky, externally olive-green, rather yellower on the edges of 

 the primaries ; tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with olive-green 

 externallj-, and whitish along the edge of the inner web ; crown 

 of the head rather more dusky than the back ; lores not brighter 

 than the crown ; a ring of feathers round the eye white ; in front 

 of the eye a dusky spot, extending below the latter ; ear-coverts 

 olive-green, as well as the cheeks ; throat, fore neck, and chest 

 bright olive-yellow, greener on the sides of the breast ; breast light 

 ashy grey, as also the sides of the body and flanks ; abdomen 

 whiter, with a slight yellow tinge ; thighs yellow, dusky behind ; 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries 

 white, tinged with yellow ; quills dusky below, inner edges white ; 

 '• bill blackish, with the base beneath bluish or pale slaty ; legs 

 and feet bluish or pale leaden ; iris 3"ellowish brown, reddish brown, 

 or pale brownish yellow (variable) " (Leyge). Total length 4'5 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2'25, tail 1*8, tarsus 0'65. 



Female. Similar to the male in colour, but has the yellow of the 



