184 ITELIPHAGIDiE. 



head brighter yellow ; in front of the eye a dusky spot, and below 

 the eye a lino of dusky ; ring of feathers round the eye silky white, 

 not strongly pronounced ; ear-coverts dull olive-yellow like the head ; 

 checks, throat, and under surface of the body very pale sulphur- 

 yellow, a little washed with olive-green on the sides of the l)ody 

 and flanks ; thighs olive-green ; under tail-coverts pale sulphur- 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries very pale yellow, with 

 whitish bases ; qiiills below dusky ; inner edge of quiUs ashy whitish. 

 Total length 3'8 inches, cnlmen 0-45, wing 2-2, tail 1-35, tarsus 0-7. 

 Hah. Pelew Islands ; Eastern and Central Carolines. 



a. Ad. sk. Telew Islands. Mr. Cohen [C.]. 



46, Zosterops chloris. 



Zosterops chloris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 398 (1850, ex S. Miillcr, MSS. in 

 3Tus. Luffd.) ; Reichenh. Handh., Mero2nnfe, p. 96, no. 209 (1852) ; 

 Wall. r. Z. S. 1863, p. 31 (pt.) ; Hartl J. f. 0. 1865, p. 24 (pt.) ; 

 Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 163 (1865, pt.) ; Grmj, Hand-l. D. i. 

 p. 162, no. 2117 (1869, pt.) ; Scdvad. F. Z. S. 1878, p. 84 ; id. Ann. 

 Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 82 (1880) ; id. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chalhuijer,' 

 ii. p. 67 (1881) ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 370 (1881). 



Male. General colour above olive-yellow, a little duller on the 

 mantle, back, and scapulars ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard- 

 wing feathers black ; quills and tail-feathers dusky, externally 

 edged with olive-yellow, the latter whitish along the edge of the 

 inner web ; crown of the head like the back, a shade lighter yellow, 

 with obsolete paler yellow shafVlines ; lores and base of the fore- 

 head brighter and more orauge-yeUow ; feathers round the eye silky 

 white ; in front of the eye a dusky spot, extending below the eye 

 itself ; ear-coverts dull olive-yellow ; cheeks, throat, and under 

 surface of the body deeper yellow, greener on the sides of the body, 

 flanks, and thighs ; under tail-coverts deep yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries paler yellow ; quills dusky below, inner edges 

 ashy whitish. Total length 4'7 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 2*4, tail 

 ] -5,' tarsus 0-75. 



Female. A little paler in colour than the male. Total length 

 4 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-3, tail 1'6, tarsus 0'75. 



Eab. Island of Banda, Moluccas. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Banda. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c, d. S 9- ad. sk. Banda. Voy. H.M.S. ' ChaUenger.' 



47. Zosterops buruensis. 



Zosterops chloris (pt.), W(dl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 31 ; Hartl. J.f. O. 



1805, p. 24; FinscJi, Nm-Guinea, p. 163 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



i>'. i. p. 102, no. 2117 (1809). 

 Zosterops buruensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genon. xii. p. 341 



(1878) ; id. o]). cit. xvi. p. 82 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pajmasia etc. ii. 



p. 371 (1881). 



Adult female (type of species). Very similar to Z. chloris, but 

 greener above, with a distinct shade of brighter yellow on the upper 



