ZOSTEKOl'IDiE. 



Zosterops flavifrons (Omel.). 



Zosterops flaYifrons, Tristram, Ibis, 1876, p. 262 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B.M. ix. p. 187 (1884); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 80 (1899); 

 Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosierop. p. 30 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 11 (1906). 



Two eggs of the New Hebrides White-eye are pure white and of 

 a rather long pointed oval shape. They measiire -8 by -56. 



1. New Ilebiides, 24th October ( J". (?. Crowley Bequest. 



Paton : Tristram Coll.). 

 1. New Hebrides, 14th November Crowley Bequest. 



(/. G. 1\ : Tristram Coll.). 



Zosterops owstoni, Hartert. 



Zosterops semperi, Finsch {necllartl.), P. Z.S. 1880, p. 575; A^ehrk. Fat. 



Eiersamml. p. 80 (1899). 

 Zosterops semperi owstoni, TTartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 2 (1900). 

 Zosterops owstoni, Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 31 (1901) ; Sharjje, 



Hand-l. v. p. 12 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Ruk Island White-eye measure respectively 

 •68 by -5 and -65 by -5. 



2. Ruk Island, Caroline Is., 10th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Zosterops hypoxantha, Salvad. 



Zosterops hypoxantha, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 178 (1884) ; 

 Dahl, MT. Mus. Berlin, i. pp. 98, 210 (1899); Nehrk. Eat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 80 (1899) ; Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 35 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 14 (1906). 



Eggs of the New Pomeranian White-eye measure -65 by "5 

 and -62 by -48. 



2. New Pomerania, Bismarck Archip. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. New Pomerania. Crowley Bequest. 



Zosterops lateralis {Lath.). 



Zosterops dorsalis, Thien. {nee V. ^ H.) Fortpjlanz. ges. Von. tab. xxiii, 



fig. 15 (1845-54). 

 Zosterops caerulescens, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 587 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 152 (1884) ; North, Nests ^- Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 233 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899; ; 



Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 347, pi. 13 (1901) ; Finsch, 



Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 39 (1901). 

 Zosterops lateralis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 16 (1906). 



Eggs of the Australian Grey-backed White-eye measure from -61 

 to -8 in length, and from -45 to -59 in breadth. 



