1 76 IIELIPHAGIDJJ. 



31. Zosterops aureigula. 



Zostfi-ops albiventer minor, Meyer, Sitz. K. Akad. TJ'icn, Ixx. p. 115 



(1874). 

 Zosterops aureigula, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xii. p. 340 



(187S), xvi. p. 81 (1880) ; id. Om. Papumia etc. p. 3G8 (1881). 



Above greenish yellow ; lores dusky ; eyc-riug white, not very 

 conspicuous : throat very brilliant yellow ; under tail-coverts yel- 

 low, rather paler ; breast and abdomen white ; thighs white ; quills 

 and tail dusky, externally margined with the same colour as the 

 back ; l)iU dusky ; feet lead-colour. Total length 5-3 inches, wing 

 2-2, tail 1-3, bill 0-4, tarsus 0-55. (Salvadori.) 



Hah. Island of Jobi, in the Bay of Geelvink, N.W. New Guinea. 



32. Zosterops atrifrons. 



Zosterops nigrifrous, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1865, p. 22 {ex Termn. MS. 

 Mus. Lugd.). 



Male (type of species). General colour above olive-green, yellow 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts green like 

 the back, the median and greater coverts a little yellower on the 

 outer margins ; bastard-wing feathers blackish ; primary-coverts 

 olive-green ; quills blackish, externally olive-yeUow ; inner secon- 

 daries like the back ; tail-feathers blackish, fringed with ashy brown 

 along the inner web ; crown of the head like the back ; forehead 

 black, as also are the lores and feathers below the eye ; round the 

 eye a ring of silky white feathers ; ear-coverts olive-green ; cheeks 

 and throat yellowish green, clearer yellow in the middle of the 

 throat ; fore neck, chest, sides of body, and flanks light bluish grey, 

 whiter on the abdomen ; thighs white, washed with yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts sulphur-yeUow ; uuder wing-coverts and axillaries and 

 the adjoining flanks white : quills dusky below, inner edges ashy. 

 Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-05, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-55. 



Female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 4-2 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-05, tail 1-45, tarsus 0-55. 



Hah. Celebes. 



a. tS ad. sk. Menado, N. Celebes. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(T's'])e of species.) 

 b,c. S 2 ad. sk. Tondano, N. Celebes. A. R, Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



33. Zosterops atricapilla. 



Zosterops atricapilla, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 216 

 (187'J). 

 Above duU olive-green, the upper tail-coverts brighter ; crown of 

 head, lores, and fore pait of cheeks dusky black ; a white ring round 



