188 MELIPHAGID^. 



extending above the fore part of the eye ; in front of the eye a 

 blaclcish spot, extending below the eye in a narrow streak ; feathers 

 round the eye silky white ; ear-coverts olive-yellow ; cheeks, throat, 

 and uudcrparts bright yellow ; sides of the bodj- and flanks a little 

 tinged with olive ; thighs yellow, externally olive ; under tail-coverts 

 bright yellow ; under wing-coverts whitish, washed with yellow ; 

 axillarics pale yellow ; quills below dusky ; inner edge of quills 

 asliy white. Total length 4-8 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-5, tail 

 1-9, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Like the male, but a little paler. Total length 

 4-9 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-5, tail 1'8, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. New Hebrides. 



a. c? ad.sk. Erromaugo, New Hebrides. .J. M.icgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



b. J ad. sk. Aneiteum, August 1865. Julius Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Erromaugo, Sept. 1805. .Julius Breuchley, Esq. [P.]. 



d. (J ad. sk. Aneiteum, June 14, 1859 Eyton Collection. 



(/. Macgillm-ay), 



e. S ad. sk. Aneiteum. J. Macgillivi-ay, Esq. [C.]. 



55. Zosterops rendovse. 



Tephras olivaceus, Ramsay, Pr, Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi. p. 180 



(1881, nee Z. olivacea {L.)). 

 Zosterops ramsayi, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xviii. p. 425 (nee 



Masters)*. 

 Zosterops reudovse, Tristram, Ibis, 1882, p. 135. 



Adult (type of Z. rendovce). General colour above uniform olive- 

 yellow, a little brighter across the rump ; wing-coverts like the 

 back, a little yellower on the median and greater coverts ; bastard- 

 wing feathers dusky, washed with olive ; primary-coverts and quills 

 blackish, externally olive-yellow, brighter on the edge of the pri- 

 maries ; upper tail-coverts olive-yellow ; tail-feathers blackish, 

 washed with olive-green near the base ; crown of head and lores 

 like the back ; no ring of white feathers round the eye ; in front of 

 the eye a dusky spot ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat olive-yellow, 

 scarcely brighter than the upper surface; fore neck, breast, and 

 abdomen bright yeUow, greener on the sides of the body and flanks ; 

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

 axiUaries white, washed with bright yellow ; quills below dusky ; 

 inner edge of quills ashy white tinged with yellow. Total length 

 4-G inches, culmen 1*65, wing 2-55, tail 1*8, tarsus 0-7. (Mus. If. 

 B. Tristram.) 



Hah. Island of Rendova, Solomon group. 



56. Zosterops guUiveri, 



Zosterops (Tephras) gulliveri, Casteln. if Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 

 S. W. i. p. 383. 



* Count Salvadori (Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. App. p. 540) considers that the 

 descriptions of Z. rendova and T. olivaceus, Eaiiisav. differ sj much that it is 

 probable that they are not identical. 



