16 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



abdomen and under tail-coverts cinereous-white ; ring round the 

 eyes white; quills and tail fuscous-black. Bill pale horn-colour. 



Length 5" ; wings 2" 4'". 



Loyalty Islands. 



ZOSTEROPS XANTHOCHROA. B.M. 



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

 New Caledonia (Island of Nu). 



Zosterops conspicillata. 



Zosterops conspicillata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 198. 

 Dicceum conspicillatum, Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 1835, ii. 

 t. 4 ; id. Kupf.Vog. t. 19. f. 1. 



Ladrone or Marian Islands (Guam). 



Zosterops cinerea. 



Drepanis cinerea, Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 1835, t. 5 ; id. 

 Kupf.Vog. t. 8. f. 2. 



Zosterops cinerea, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 1852, p. 131. 

 Diceum cinereum, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. 1. p. 100. 

 Caroline Islands (Onalan). 



Turdid^e. 



Turdus (Merula) vanikorensis. B.M. 



Turdus vanikorensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Astrol. i. p. 188. 

 t. 7. f. 2. 



Merula vanikorensis, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 158. 



Geocichla vanikorensis, Pr. B. Consp. At. i. p. 268. 



Island of Vanikoro ; Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Upolu). 



Turdus (Merula) xanthopus. B.M. 



Turdus xanthopus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 266 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 

 151. 



1 Degbe ' of the natives. 



New Caledonia (Island of Nu). 



The Merula vinitincta of Mr. Gould, from Lord Howe's Island, is 

 closely allied to this species. 



Turdus (Merula) ulietensis. 



Bay Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 35. 



Turdus badius, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 239 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 

 146. 



Turdus ulietensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 815. 

 * Eboonae-nou-nou ' of the natives. 

 Society Islands (Oriadea or Ulietea). 



