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  FKOM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  different 
  islands 
  in 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  localities 
  mentioned 
  by 
  

   the 
  last-named 
  anthor 
  being 
  Warrior 
  Island, 
  whence 
  the 
  original 
  

   type 
  of 
  Z. 
  alhiventris 
  came. 
  

  

  29. 
  Zosterops 
  lutea, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  S/iarpe, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  183; 
  Ramsay^ 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  191. 
  

  

  a. 
  2- 
  Tort 
  Darwin, 
  Oct. 
  1881. 
  Bill 
  horn-colour 
  ; 
  legs 
  grey. 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  rather 
  duller 
  in 
  colour 
  than 
  a 
  male 
  from 
  

   Cape 
  York, 
  and 
  much 
  paler 
  yellow 
  below, 
  this 
  brighter 
  colour 
  

   being 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  sex, 
  as 
  the 
  Cape-York 
  bird 
  is 
  evidently 
  

   an 
  adult 
  male. 
  The 
  female 
  measures: 
  — 
  Total 
  length 
  4*1 
  inches, 
  

   culmen 
  0'-t5, 
  wing 
  2-2, 
  tail 
  1-65, 
  tarsus 
  0-6, 
  

  

  30. 
  Manorhina 
  garrula 
  {Lath.). 
  

  

  Gadotv, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  260. 
  

  

  Myzantha 
  garrula, 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  191. 
  

  

  a. 
  c? 
  . 
  Port 
  Curtis, 
  Queensland, 
  April 
  1881. 
  

  

  b. 
  S 
  . 
  Port 
  Curtis, 
  April 
  1881. 
  

  

  Young 
  birds 
  are 
  washed 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  olive-yellow, 
  and 
  are 
  

   much 
  darker 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  not 
  showing 
  the 
  whitish 
  bars 
  at 
  the 
  

   tips 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  tie- 
  feathers. 
  

  

  31. 
  Stigniatops 
  ocularis 
  {Gould). 
  

  

  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  189. 
  

  

  Glyciphila 
  ocularis, 
  Gadotv, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  213. 
  

  

  a. 
  cJ. 
  Percy 
  Island, 
  April 
  1881, 
  

  

  32. 
  Stigniatops 
  subocularis, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  189. 
  

  

  Glyciphila 
  subocularis, 
  pt., 
  Gachxo, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  215. 
  

  

  a. 
  cJ. 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  Nov. 
  1881. 
  Bill, 
  legs, 
  and 
  feet 
  black. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gadosv 
  has 
  united 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  to 
  S. 
  oadaris, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   siders 
  that 
  intermediate 
  forms 
  occur 
  between 
  them. 
  This 
  I 
  do 
  

   not 
  find 
  from 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   for 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  referring 
  the 
  specimens 
  either 
  

   to 
  one 
  or 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  above-named 
  species. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  

   hand, 
  Count 
  Salvadori 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  right 
  in 
  uniting 
  the 
  Aru- 
  

   Island 
  birds 
  with 
  the 
  Australian, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  

   larger 
  and 
  somewhat 
  darker 
  in 
  colour. 
  He 
  adds 
  that 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  marked 
  PtUotis 
  limbata, 
  Temm., 
  from 
  Timor, 
  in 
  the 
  Leiden 
  

   Museum, 
  are 
  also 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  Australian 
  *S'. 
  ocularis. 
  Timor 
  

  

  