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tail-coverts ; the ear-covorts and sides of face much greener than in 

 Z. cMoris, causing the yellow throat to stand out in stronger relief. 

 Total length 4-4 inches, culmcn O-."), wing 2'3, tail l'G5, tarsus 0'6, 

 Hal). Island of Bouru, Moluccas. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Bouru. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



48. Zosterops intermedia. 



Zosterops cLloris {nee Bp.), Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. .350 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. :M (pt.); Hartl. J.f. O. l8()o,p. 24; Fwsch, Neu-Guwea, 



p. 163 (1865, pt.) ; Gmi/, Iland-l. JJ. i. p. 102, no. 2117 (1809, pt.) ; 



Rosenh. Malay. Arch. p. 406 (1879). 

 Zosterops intermedia, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 



1865, p. 10 ; Finsch, Neu-Gumea, p. 104 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 102, no. 2118 (1809) ; Wald. Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 72, pi. 9. 



fig. 2 (1872) ; Rosenh. Malay. Arckip. p. 410 (1879) ; Meyer, Ibis, 



1879, p. 1:12; Salrti/l. Ann. Mns. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 81 (1880); 



id. Orn. Papua.siu etc. ii. p. 370 (1881). 



Achilt nude. Similar to Z. chloris, hut of a greener shade, with 

 the underparts purer and more sulphur-yellow ; " upper mandible 

 dark, the lower one pale ; feet dusky lead-colour ; iris olive-hrown" 

 ( Wallace) ; " iris yellow " (lUei/cr). Total length 4-0 inches, culmen 

 0-5, wing 2-25, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-7 



Ifab, Celebes ; Lombock ; Ternate. 



a. (S fid. sk. Makassar, Celebes. A. E. Wallace, Esq. 



(Tyjoe of species.) 



b, c, d. S ad. sk. Lombock. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 

 e. S ad. ; /. Ad. sk. Ternate. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



49. Zosterops gallio. 



Zosterops flava {necHorsf.), Salvad.Orn.Papuasiaetc.n.-p. 370 (1881). 



Adult female. General colour above olive-yellow, brighter on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median and greater coverts ashy, externally olive-yellow ; bastard- 

 wing feathers blackish ; primary-coverts ashy, externally washed 

 w ith olive-yellow ; quiUs blackish, externally edged with olive-yel- 

 low, brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers blackish, edged with 

 olive-yellow near the base ; crown of head like the back, brighter 

 yellow on the lores and base of foreliead ; feathers round the eye 

 silky white, with a black spot in front of the eye, running in a 

 narrow lino below the latter ; ear-coverts olive-yellow ; checks, 

 throat, and underparts bright yellow, a little washed with green on 

 the sides of the body and llauks ; tliighs yellow, externally greenish ; 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wing-covei'ts white, washed 

 with yellow; axillaries bright yellow ; (luiUs below dusky blackish ; 

 inner edge of quills white. Total leugth 4-1 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 1-05, tail 1-^, tarsus O-O."). 



Of the same group as Z. chloris and hke that species, but smaller, 



