1. zosTEEors. 183 



/. (I- 6 2 nd. sk. Pinetown, Natal (T. L. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Aip'es). 

 h. cJ; i, k. $ ad. Lydeuburg. F. A. Ban-att, Esq. [C.]. 



sk. 

 /. $ ad. sk. Macamac {T. L. Ai/res). J. H. Giirnev, Esq. [P.]. 



44. Zosterops lutea. 



Zosterops lutea, Gmild, B. Austi: fol. pi. S3 (1848) ; Gray, Gen. B.\. 

 p. 19S (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. .308 (18.50) ; Reichenb. Vmj. Neuholl. 

 p. 84 (1850) ; id. Handh., Merop. p. 95, pi. 463. figs. 3312-13 (1852) ; 

 Gould, Handh. B. Ai(.tfr. i. p. 590 (1865) ; Finsch, Keu-Guinea, 

 p. 164 (1865); Hartl. J.f. O. 18G.5, p. 25; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 163, no. 2135 (1869) ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 

 p. 191 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above olive-yellow ; lesser wing- coverts like 

 the back ; median and greater coverts ashy, externally olive-yellow ; 

 bastard-wing feathers blackish ; primary-coverts and quills dusky 

 ashy brown, externally olive-yellow, a little brighter on the primaries ; 

 tail-feathers dusky ashy brown, externally olive-yellow, internally 

 edged with whitish ; crown of head like the back ; lores and base of 

 forehead bright yellow ; feathers round eye silky white ; in front of 

 the eye a dusky spot, extending in a narrow line below the eye ; ear- 

 coverts olive-yellow like the back ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 bright yellow, with a slight olive tinge on the sides of the body and 

 flanks ; thighs and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, strongly washed with yellow ; edge of 

 wing bright yellow ; quills below dusky ; inner edge of quills yellowish 

 white ; " upper mandible blackish grey, basal half rather lighter ; 

 apical third of lower mandible blackish grey, basal two thirds light 

 ashy grey ; legs and feet bluish grey ; iris light reddish l^rown " 

 (Gould). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-5, wiug 2-25, tail 1'6, 

 tarsus 0-65. 



Hah. North Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Cape York (J. T. Cocke- F. D. Godman and 0. Salviu, 



veil). ^ Esqrs. [P.]. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Port Darwin, Oct. 1881 Voy. H.:M.8. 'Alert.' 



{I)r. Coppinger). 



45. Zosterops semperi. 



Zosterops semperi, Hartl. S, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 117 ; Grai/, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 163, no. 2144 (1869) ; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 95 ; 

 Finsch, Journ. Miis. Godeffr. Heft viii. p. 16, Taf. 4. fig. 1 ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 575 .• id. Ibis, 1881, p. 115. 



Adidt. General colour above dull yellowish olive, scarcely brighter 

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

 a little greener : bastard-wing feathers dusky ; primary-coverts and 

 quills dusky brown, edged with dull yellowish olive, brighter on the 

 primaries ; tail-feathers dusky, edged with yellowish olive ; crown 

 of the head like the back ; lores and the extreme base of the fore- 



