180 BIRDS FROM NIAS. 



»Iris white, upper mandible black with bluish edge, 

 lower mandible bluish black , feet bluish gray. Native name ; 

 Gere gere poh.'^ 



53. Chloropsis zosterops Vig. 



Chloropsis zosterops Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 545 ; Oust. 1. c. pp. 112, 120. 



Three adult males (N^s. 21, 36 and 47) and an adult 

 female (N". 72) from Hili Madjeio. 



»Iris brownish gray, bill black, feet bluish gray. Native 

 name: Fofo laë.'^ 



54. Brachypodius melanocephalus (Gm.). 



Brachypodius melanocephalus Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 546; Oust. 1. c. 

 pp. 113, 120; Büttik. N. L. M. 1895, p. 251. 



Eight adult specimens (N^^ 17, 22, 62, 66, 74, 88, 89 

 and 90) from Hili Madjeio. 



»Iris blue, bill and feet black. Native name: Fofo oeso 

 (yellow bird)." 



55. Laedorusa plumosa (Blyth). 



Pycnonotns plumosus Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 546; Oust. I.e. p. 120. 

 Laedorusa plumosa Büttik. N. L. M. 1895, p. 240. 



Two females (Nos. 123 and 150) and two males (Nos. 

 151 and 158) from Hili Madjeio. 



»Iris orange-yellow, bill black, feet reddish brown. Na- 

 tive name: Laoro damo." 



56. Laedorusa simplex (Less.). 



Pycnonotus simplex Salvad. Ucc. di Nias, p. 546; Oust. I.e. p. 120. 

 Laedorusa simplex Büttik. N. L. M. 1895, p. 240. 



Six males (N"s. 27, 43, 44, 48, 79 and 86) and a female 

 (NO. 84), all from Hili Madjeio. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum , Vol. XVIII. 



