1. ZOSXEROPS. 191 



back and rump; wing-coverts dusky, externally dull olive-yellow ; 

 bastard-wing- feathers black; primarj--coverts black, with narrow olive 

 margins ; quills blackish, margined olive-yellow, a little brighter on 

 the primaries ; tail-feathers black, margined with dull olive-yellow ; 

 crown of head like the bade or very slightly yellower ; lores dusky, 

 surmounted by a streak of bright yellow ; ring of feathers round 

 the eye silky white, with a dusky streak underneath : ear-coverts 

 dull olive-yellow ; throat and under surface of body golden yellow ; 

 sides of breast and flanks chestmit-brown ; thighs and under tail- 

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

 yellow, axillaries yellow ; quills below blackish ; inner edge of quills 

 yellowish white. Total length 4 inches, culmeu 0'55, wing 2-25, 

 tail 1-55, tarsus 0*7. 

 Hah. Seychelles. 



a. Ad. sk. Mai'iaune Island, Seychelles 11. L. Warry, Esq. [C.]. 



archipelago. 



62. Zosterops mayottensis. 



Zosterops flavirostris, Schkf/el, Ned. Tijdschr. 18U0, p. 87. 

 Zosterops mayottensis, Schlegel, P. Z. <S'. 1SG6, p. 4:22 ; /(/. ^Poll. Fmm, 



Madai/., Ois. p. 73, pi. 19. fig. 2 (ISGS) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 1G3, no. 2154(1869) ; Hartl. Voff. Madag. p. 103 (1877). 



Forehead, lower part of the body, and under wing-coverts bright 

 citron-ycUow, passing on the flanks into a brownish red ; rest of the 

 ujjper i)arts greenish yellow ; tail-feathers and wing blackish, but 

 edged with greeuish yellow on the outer web ; the quills, on the 

 other hand, are broadly edged with yellowish white on the inner 

 webs ; lores black ; ring of feathers round the eye white ; iris 

 brown ; feet lead-colour ; bill indigo-blue in the living specimen, 

 black after death. Wing 2", tail 12'", biU from forehead 4'", 

 tarsus (J|"', middle toe 4|"'. {Schlegd and Pollen.) 



Hah. Island of Maj'otte. 



- (33. Zosterops chlorates. 



Zosterops chlorates, Hartl. J. f. O. 18G5, p. 23; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 163, no. 2148 (1869) ; Satvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 374 (1881). 



Adult male. General colour above oHve-yeUoW, a little paler on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts : wing-coverts rather greener than 

 the back, a little more yeUow on the edges of the median and 

 greater coverts ; bastard-wing feathers blackish ; primary-coverts 

 and quills blackish, externally olive-green, yellow on the edge of 

 the primaries ; tail-feathers black, edged with olive-greenish, ashy 

 whitish along the inner web ; crown of the head like the back, base 

 of the forehead and lores golden yellow ; in front of the eye a dusky 

 spot, extending in a narrow line below the latter ; ring of feathers 

 round the eye silky white ; ear-coverts olive-yellow like the crown ; 



