tropical islands of the pacific ocean. 15 



Petroica similis, B.M. 



Fuscous-black ; spot on frontlet, a large space on wing-coverts, 

 sides and under tail-coverts, white ; breast and abdomen scarlet. 



Very like Petroica pusilla of Peale, from Navigators' Islands, but 

 it is larger (being 4^" in length), with the throat varied with white, 

 scarlet, and fuscous-black ; the outer tail-feather white, with a 

 blackish spot near the apex, and the outer margin only of the second 

 feather white. 



New Hebrides (Aneiteum). 



Petroica Forsteri. 



Turdus mimitus, Forst. Descr. &c. pp. 84, 257. 



Petroica ?, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 161. 



Isle of Pines. 



ACANTHIZA flavolateralis. B.M. 



Acanthiza flavolateralis, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 161. 

 New Caledonia (Island of Nu) . 



Acanthiza? ? 



Fauvette, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 433. 

 Caroline Islands (Oualan). 



Zosterops flavifrons. B.M. 



Tellow-fronted Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 342. 

 Muscicapa heteroclita, G. Forst. Descr. &c. p. 271 ; Icon. ined. 

 158. 

 Muscicapa flavifrons. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 479. 



Zosterops , Licht. 



' Kelab-labbel ' of the natives of Tanna. 



New Hebrides (Erromango, Aneiteum, Tanna). 



Zosterops flaviceps. 



Zosterops flaviceps, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 95. t. 10. f. 4. 



Feejee Islands. 



Zosterops griseonota. B.M. 



Zosterops griseonota, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 161. 

 New Caledonia (Island of Nu) . 



Zosterops melanops. B.M. 



Zosterops melanops, G. R. Gray, MSS. 



Back obscure grey ; head, wing-coverts, tail-coverts, and margins 

 of quills and tail-feathers yellowish-green ; front, top of head, and 

 cheeks varied with black ; throat yellow ; breast pale cinereous ; 



