CuUecthm of Birds from IFtstern Australia. GG3 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 4-0-4'25 inches. 

 [The ^listletoe-bird is said to be more or less migratory. — 

 G. C. S. ] 



ZosTEROPs GouLDi (Bonap.) . 



Zosterops gouldi Math. p. 89. 



a, h. S ■ King River, 1st & 9tli Dec. 



c, d. ^ . Dwaladine, 13th March. 



d-f. ^ . Bernier Island, 26th June & 12th July. 



ff, h. ^ . Carnarvon, 22nd Aug. 



Iris of a light horn-colour ; bill of a horn-colour, darker 

 on the upper mandible; legs of a flesh-colour tinged with 

 bluish. 



Specimens from Carnarvon and Bernier Island appear to 

 have the under parts somewhat paler than birds from the 

 south-west ; and the males, if their sex has been correctly 

 determined, seem to lack the cinnamon wash on the sides 

 and flanks. The material at present available for comparison 

 is insufficient to w arrant separation. 



[The Green-backed Silver-eye is gregarious and was very 

 plentiful in the south-west, but did not occur far inland. 

 Jt extends as far north as the Gascoyne River and Bernier 

 Island.— G. C. S.'\ 



ZoSTEROPS SHORTRIDGII, Sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to the male of Z. gouldi 

 Bonap., but differs in having the middle of the breast, as 

 Avell as the belly, thighs, and under tail-coverts, pale yellow ; 

 the sides and flanks greyer and only slightly washed with 

 cinnamon. In Z. gouldi the thighs are always white. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5 inches: wing 2'3; 

 tail 1'9 ; tarsus 0'7. 



a. S ■ l^abbit Island, Albany, 17th April. {Type of the 

 species.) 



Zosterops balstoni, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to Z. lutea Gould, but 

 with the upper parts decidedly more greyish-olive and the 

 under parts, especially the middle of the breast and belly, 

 less brilliant yellow. 



