from the New Hebrides. 345 



No. 110. ? ad. Vanua Lava, Sept. 12. — Bill and legs 

 black ; iris dark. 

 This is an exceedingh' well-marked species, and I can find 

 nothing very closely resembling it. Its nearest ally seems 

 to be G.fasciata of New Caledonia, but from this species it 

 differs in its brown back, contrasting with the black forehead 

 and vertex, these being bordered on each side by an eyebrow 

 of white-tipped plumes ; the ear-coverts and cheeks are also 

 blackish, speckled with greyish white ; the under surface of 

 the body is uniform greyish white, without any dusky cross- 

 bai's, though the flanks have broad dusky brown streaks, 

 and the under tail-coverts are centred with dusky and 

 tinged with yellow ; the under wing-coverts and quill-linings 

 are ferruginous. 



Glyciphila flavotincta Gray ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 33. 

 No. 35. ? ad. (ovaries much developed). Polenia Bay, 



Erromanga, May 25, 1899.— Bill black; feet dull lead; 



iris bright orange, ring very large ; pupil black. 

 Nos. 42, 45. ? ad. Polenia Bay, May 26, 1899. 

 Nos. 50, 51. S $ ad. Fila, Efat^ [Vate], June 15, 1899. 



ZoSTEROPS MACGILLIVRAYI, Sp. UOV. 



Z. similis Z. rendova, sed rostro valde breviore, pedibus 

 nigricantibus, minime albicantibus, et fascia brevi 

 supralorali flava distinguenda ; annulo ophthaimico aibo. 

 Long. tot. 4*8; culm. 055; aht 2*4; caudae Vl ; 

 tarsi 0-85. 



No. 11. 2 ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo. — Bill dark brown, 



lighter at base ; feet dull yellowish brown ; iris dark. 

 No. 26. S ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 17, 1899. 

 No. 33. S ad- Foreland Bay, Epi, May 23, 1899. 



Dr. Forbes having kindly lent me the type of Zosterops 

 rendov(B Tristr., I find, on comparison, that the New 

 Hebrides birds are certainly distinct, having the culmen 

 0-55-0*6 inch instead of 0"65 as in Z. rendovtf (cf. Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. ix. p. 188). They are rather greener in tint, and 

 they all lack the yellow on the forehead, in this respect 

 agreeing with birds from Aneiteum. They are not of such a 

 bright yellow below as Z. jlavifrons, and the greenish colour 



