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the eye ; fore part of neck greenish yellow, the breast and abdomen 

 cmercous, Icmon-yeUow along the middle ; qniUs dusky, edged with 

 the same colour as the back ; under wing-coverts white ; tail dusky 

 black : bill dusky; feet lead-colour; "iris clear brown" (Bcccari). 

 lotal length 4-3 inches, cidmen 0-4, wing 2-2, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-6. 

 (^oalvadori.) 



Hub. Mount Singalan, Sumatra. 



34. Zosterops delicatula. 



Zosterops frontalis, Sah-ad. (iwc Mull., mc Eeichenh.), Ann. Mus 

 Cimc. Genov. xii. p. .342 (1878), xvi. p. 81 (1880) : id. Om. 

 Pdjnicism etc. li. p. 369 (1881). 



Zosterops delicatula, Sharjic, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xtI. p. 318 • 

 Sah-ad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xviii. p. 425 (1882). ' 



Adult (tyi)o of species). General colour above yellowish green, 

 brighter yellow on the rump and upper tail-coverts; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts a little yellower ; 

 bastard-wing feathers black ; primary-coverts and quills black, ex- 

 ternally olive-yellow, a little brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers 

 black ; forehead and sinciput black ; hinder crown yellowish green 

 Hke the hinder neck ; lores black, as well as the feathers below the 

 eye, running backwards in a narrow line ; ring of feathers round the 

 eye silky white ; ear-coverts yellowish green ; cheeks and throat 

 bnght yellow : remainder of under surface pure white ; fore neck, 

 sides of body, and flanks delicate ashv grev ; thighs pale yellow, ex- 

 ternally green ; under tail-coverts bright yeUow ; under wing-coverts 

 and axiUaries white with a slight wash of yellow ; edge of wing a 

 little brigliter yellow ; quills below dusky ; inner edge of quUls 

 ashy white. Total length 4 inches, cidmen '0-5, wing 2-25, tail 1-45 

 tarsus U'6o. ' 



Ohs. One specimen has the white beUv very faintly tinged with 

 yellow, and a slight reddish shade on the'chest. 



Hah. S.E. New Guinea ; Aru Islands *. 

 a, b. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains, S.E. Mr. A. Goldie [C], 



New Guinea. (T}-pes of species.) ' 



3.5. Zosterops chrysolaema. 



Zosterops chrysolKma, Sah-ad. Ann. Mu-f. Civic, vii. p. 9-54 (1875) 

 xvi. p. 81 ; id. Om. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 368 (1881). 



Adult female. General colour above uniform oHve-yellow, only 

 slightly brighter on the rump and upper taU-coverts ; lesser 'wing- 

 coverts like the back; median and greater coverts a little yellower 

 than the back ; bastard-wing blackish : primaiy-coverts and quiUs 

 blackish, externally olive-yeUow, a little brighter on the primaries; 

 tail-feathers black, with a very faint tinge of olive-yeUow near the 



* I think my Z. delicafvhi is (be same as Z. frontalis of Salvadori, though 

 the latter does iiul inenlion the Ught ashy colour on the breast. In any case tie 

 a&wefi-viiiidiii cannot stand. 



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