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It seems strange that these large species of Zosterops have never been 

 separated, as the}- can certainly not be considered typical. The species Zosterops 

 strenua Gould, for which I propose the genus name Nesozosterops (uov.) disagrees 

 with the characters given as diagnostic of the family in the Cat. Birds Brit. Mas.. 

 inasmuch as the very long bill is longer than the head. 



Family EULABETIDAE. 

 Genus APLONIS: 

 Aplonis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.) 1836. p. 73. 

 Type (by subs, desig.) : A. fuse us (Gould). 



21. Aplonis fuscus fuscus. 



Aplonis fasca Gould, Proc. /.mil. Soc. (Loml.) 1836. p. 73 : Norfolk Island. 



Norfolk Island Starling. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 855 (pars). 

 Range : Norfolk Island. 



22. Aplonis fuscus hullianus subsp. n. 



Lord Howe Starling. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 855 (pars). 



Differs from ^4. f. fuscus in being French-grey below, darker above, head 

 slightly glossy, with the bill stouter : wing 100 mm., culmen 19 mm., tarsus 25 mm., 

 tail 71 mm. 



Type: Lord Howe Island, No. 9301. 



Range : Lord Howe Island. 



Family CORVIDAE. 



Genus STEEPERA 



23. Strepera graculina crissalis. 



Stvqiera crissalis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas. vol. iii. p. 58. 1877 : Lord Howe Island. 



Lord Howe Crow Shrike. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 875 (pars). 

 Range : Lord Howe Island. 



The following birds have become extinct within recent times, but as specimens 

 have been preserved I give their nomenclature. 



Family TRERONIDAE. 

 Genus HEMIFHAGA 

 Hemiphaga Bonaparte, Comptes Reiidus Sri. (Paris) vol. xxxix. p. 1076. 1854. 

 Type (by orig. desig.): H. novaeseelandiae (Gmelin). 



