186 MELIPHAGIDiE. 



and having a much smaller hill ; the general colour ahove also rather 

 greener, the rump and upper tail-covorts hrighter yellow, in strong 

 contrast. It is further distinguished hy its hlack wings and tail, 

 the feathers of the latter having no green edges to the outer web or 

 whitish ones to the inner web. 

 Hah. Java. 



a. 5 Ad. sic. E. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



50. Zosterops nigrorum. 



Zosterops nigrorum, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 286 ; Wardkno Ramsay, 

 Om. Works Tweedd. p. 658. 



Male. General colour above dull olive-green, slightly paler on 

 rump and upper tail- coverts ; wing-coverts like back ; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts ashy brown, edged with olive; (juills dusky 

 brown, edged with olive greenish, a little brighter on primaries ; tail- 

 feathers dusky, washed with olive-green on outer web; crown of head 

 scarcely lighter than the back ; lores dusky, surmounted by a spot of 

 bright yellow, which extends onto the forehead ; ring of feathers 

 round eye white, with a dusky streak underneath ; ear-coverts 

 olive greenish like head ; cheeks, sides of breast, flanks, and under 

 surface of the body sulphur-yellow ; thighs yellow, olive behind ; 

 under tail-coverts sulphur-yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, washed with yellow ; quills below dusky, with their inner 

 edge ashy, tinged with yellowish. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 2*2, tail 1'5, tarsus 0-65. (Mas. It. G. Wardlaw Ramsay.) 



T\xQ female is like the male. Total length 4 inches, culmeu 0'5, 

 wing 2-15, tail 1-5, tarsus 0'65. {Mus. E. G. W. R.) 



This species is very like Z. gaUio, but much greener above and 

 scarcely any lighter on the rump ; ear-coverts green, and the under 

 surface of the body pale sulphur-yellow. 



Hah. Island of Negros, Philippine archipelago. 



51. Zosterops hypolais. 



Zosterops hypolais, Hartl. Sf Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 95, 



Upper parts of a pale greyish green ; throat and under tail-coverts 

 a pure, but very pale, whitish yellow ; breast and al)doraen of a 

 mixed pale grey and pale yellow ; wing- and tail-feathers pale 

 blackish, margined with the greenish colour of the back ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margins of the remiges white ; eye-ring 

 indistinct ; beak fuscous, the under mandible paler, except at the 

 tip ; feet plumbeous. Total length about 4", bill from front 5'", 

 wing 26'", tail 18'", tarsus 9"'. [Hartlauh and Finsch.) 



Hah. Island of Uap, Mackenzie group. 



