1. ZOSTEEOPS. 179 



blSk/'"^i °i ^n^'"' f""^ ^^' '^' ''^^y ^-l^te; ear-coverts 

 blackish; checks black; throat aud imdcrparts bright goMenyol- 

 ow, a httlc grecmsh on the sides of the breast and'flanks W^t 

 al'S-; "'"■rf ^-^I't yellow; under wing-coverts and axit 

 eZn l'/''n''^-'^'^\^''"'^' 1""^^ ^'^"^ ashy brown; inner 

 wing ^-J, tail l-oo, tarsus U-G5. 



i^.«i«fc Like the male, but a little duller. Total length 4 inches 

 culmen U-5, wing 2-15, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-G5. ' 



/yrt6. JNew Britain. 



«, 6. d ? ad. sk. New Britain {Eleimchmidt). Godeffi-oy Museum. 



38. Zosterops flava. 



Dicseum llavum, Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. 8oc. xiii. p. 170 (1820) 

 • Zosterops maderaspatana, Vigors, Mem. Haffl.x). 661 at<30) 

 Zusterups llava, £-«r</. Verz. Urem. Summl. -0.37 ■ BMh j A IS 

 Beny. xiv. p. 563 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. I p. 198 a&s) f'sp 



Py llJf ^io'^'ir ^'"r": ^'"'^'- P- 274 (1857); Sdater, 

 ibb7, p. 33 ; Gray, HamU. B. i. p. 162, no. 2119 (1869) 

 ?g.'4^a842-53) ^""^'■- '^ '^'''^- ^'^- ^^^' ^^d) Atlas, pi. 19. 



Zosterops sp., Gray, Gen. B. i. p, 198 (1848). 



Zostorops uiontana, Bp. Consp. i. p. 398 (1850) * 



(l&o3) ; Hartl. J.f. O 1854, p. 164 ; Sakad. Ucc. Boi-n. p. 188 (1874) 



iZ:i7n}i. i^lmt ' '• '' "" '''' ^''''^ ' ''"^^^"^• 



^<7«?<. General colour above olive-jellow, rather brighter on the 

 crown aud rump and upper tail-coverts ; mng-coverts like the back • 

 median and greater coverts dusky ash-brown, externally edged 

 with olive-yellow_; bastard-wing feathers dusky; primarv-covc'rts 

 bke the greater wing-coverts ; quills dusky brown, externally olive- 

 jeUow brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers dark brown, margined 

 with ohvc-yeUow; lores and the base of the forehead pale sulphur- 

 yeUow, extending a little above the eye; feathers round the eye 

 silky white; no dusky spot in front of the eye; ear-coverts olive- 

 }ello^y : cheeks, throat, and underparts bright yellow verv sli-litlv 

 tinged with olive on the sides of the bodj-\nd tlanl; f Jigfe tnd 

 uiiaertail-covertshght yellow; under wing-coverts and axillaSs 



iotal length 4 lucties, culmen 0-5, wing 2, taH 1-2, tarsus 0-6 



t.-n Ini n, T"" T^'^'f''^ ^'' '^*^'' ^-^^"' ^^ ^«i°"r than the 

 tjpical one from Java, but cannot be specifically separated 

 iiab. Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



* Said to be similar to Z. flam, but larger. 



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