202 MKTJPnAOTP.E. 



82. Zosterops hypoleuca. 



Zosterops hypoleuca, Salmd. Am. Mm. Civic. Geiiov. xii. p. 3-iO 

 (1878), xvi. p. 81 (18S0) ; id. Oni. Papuasiaetc ii. p. .3(>5 (1881). 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-green ; lesser wing-coverts 

 like the hack ; median and greater coverts dusky brown, edged with 

 olive-green like the back ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky 

 brown, the latter edged with olive-green towards their ends ; quiUs 

 dusky brown, edged with olive-green, yellower on the primaries ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts slightly yellower than the back ; tail-feathers 

 dusky brown, edged with olive-green ; crown of head like the back ; 

 forehead and sinciput sooty brown, with indistinct paler shaft-lines ; 

 occiput, nape, and hind neck like the back, but a little overshaded 

 with dusky ; lores black, extending below the eye ; round the eye a 

 narrow ring of whitish ; ear-coverts olive-green, as also the cheeks, 

 the fore part of which is dusky; throat and underparts white, 

 washed with ashy on sides of body and flanks : thighs white ; under 

 tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wing-coverts and asillaries white, 

 with yellow on edge of the wing ; quills below dusky ; inner edge 

 of quills ashy. Total length 4 inches, culmeu 0-55, wing 2-15, 

 taU 1-6, tarsus 0-65. 



Hab. jN'ew Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Purchased. (Type of 



species.) 



83. Zosterops muelleri. 



Zosterops frontalis, Midi, in Mus. Lugd. {nee Heichenb.) ; Grai/, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 164, no. 2174 (1869). 

 Heleia muelleri, Hartl. J. f. O. 1805, p. 26. 



Adult. General colour above ashy olive-greenish; wing-coverts 

 dusky brown, washed or edged externally with ashy olive ; quills 

 dnskv brown, edged with dull olive-yellow, the inner secondaries 

 with ashy-olive margins like the back ; upper tail-coverts olive- 

 brown ; tail-feathers brown, edged with olive-brown ; crown of 

 head scaly, the feathers being brighter olive-green, with black 

 centres ; occiput, nape, and hind neck like the back ; lores golden 

 yellow, continued in a stripe over the eye, fading into olive-yellow 

 over the ear-coverts ; in front of the eye a large black spot ; round 

 the eye a narrow ring of whitish ; ear-coverts olive-yeDow ; feathers 

 below the eye, cheeks, and throat pale yellow ; remainder of the 

 under surface yellowish ; the fore neck and breast streaked with 

 blackish brown; sides of the body and flanks with a few dusky 

 streaks, scarcely perceptible ; thighs dull olive-green ; under tail- 

 coverts pale yellow, with dusky centres : under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries yellowish white, brighter yellow on the edge of the wing ; 

 quills below dusky ; inner edge of quills yellowish white. Total 

 length 5-3 inches, culmon 0-6, wing 2-7, tail 2-15. tarsus 0-7, 



Female. Like the male. {Hartlauh.) 



