198 MELIPHACilDiK. 



the head, with pale shaft-linos ; cheeks and throat dull ashy ; 

 remainder of under surface of the body ruddy brown, more ashy in 

 the centre of the breast and abdomen ; thighs ashy ; under tail- 

 coverts reddish brown ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries dull ashy ; 

 quills below dusky brown ; inner edge of quills ashy. Total length 

 4-5 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-5, tail 1-65, tarsus 6-75. 

 Hah. Pelew Islands. 



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



73. Zosterops cinerea. 



Drepanis cinerea, Kittl. Kupf. Vo(j. pi. 8. fig. 2 (1832) ; id. Mhn. St. 



Petersb. ii. pi. 5 (1835^. 

 Diengum cinereum, Gra;/, Oen. B. i. p. 100 (1848). 

 Zosterops cinerea, Haril. Arch. f. Nnturg. 18o2, p. 131 ; Gray, Cat. 



B. Trop. Id. Pacific Ocean, p! 16 (1859) ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 163, 



no. 2140 (1809) ; Finsch. Ibis, 1880, p. 109. 

 Zosterops kittUtzi, Finsch, J.f. O. 1880, p. 300. 



Adult male. Above dirty ashy grey, the cheeks a little i)aler than 

 the sides ; rest of underparts pale ashy grey ; a narrow, not strongly 

 pronounced, ring round the eye and lores grey ; quills dark brown, 

 edged with brownish grey ; tail dark brown ; bill dark brown ; 

 feet yellowish grey ; toes and soles of feet dirtier brown ; iris hazel 

 to reddish brown ; claws dark. Total length 4" 6'", wing 2" 4'", tail 

 I" 6'", culmen about 5'", tarsus 8'". (FinscJi.) 



Adult female. Like the male. (Finsch.) 



Hah. Kushai and Ualau Islands. 



74. Zosterops ponapensis. 



Zosterops ponapensis, Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 27, 

 Taf. 2. fig. 1 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 778; id. Ibis, 1881, p. llo. 



The whole of the upper parts olive earthy brown ; wings and tail 

 darker, deep umber-lu'owu, narrowly edged with earthy brown ; 

 forehead somewhat paler than rest of upper parts ; a narrow ring 

 surrounding the eye silvery grey ; lores, sides of head, and under- 

 parts brownish ashy grey ; flanks inclining to earthy brown ; bill 

 homy black ; feet dark leaden grey, black in the skin. {Finsch.) 



Hah. Island of Ponape. 



75. Zosterops melanops. 



Zosterops melanops, Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 15 

 (1859) ; Harfl. J. f. O. 1805, p. 21 ; Grcn/, Hand-l B. i. p. 162, 

 no. 2115 (1869);"^. L. ^- L. C. Laya'rd, Ihis, 1878, p. 259; 

 Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 186; Layard, Ibi.s,'l880, p. 225. 



Adult. General colour above duU slaty grey; the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts olive-green ; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts dusky, edged with olive- 

 green ; bastard-wing feathers blackish : primary-coverts dusky, with 



