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XXVir. MELIPHAGIDAE. 

 119. Stigmatops squamata Salv.ad. 



Sliijmalops sqriiimatii Salvadori, Ann. -lA»s. Cir. Grii. xii. p. 337 (1878 : Koer, Rosenberg coll., 

 Mus. Leyden. 



4 arl., 2 imm., Kilsoeiii, Koer group, .Tune 1899. "Iris grey (cliirk groy), 

 feet plumbeous (dark grey, asliy grey), bill black, brownish black in the young 

 bird." (H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1191, 1203, 1210, 1221, 1232, 1233.) 



3 ad., 2 ju7., Manggoer, October 1899. "Iris yellowish grey." (H. Kiihn 

 coll., Nos. 1420, 1423, 1425, 1437, 143S.) 



1 S ad., Fathol Island, Manggoer, October 1899. (H. Kiihn coll.. No. 1430.) 



5 ad., 1 JQV., Taam Island, July 1899. "Iris bright grey, bright yellowish 

 grey." (H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1326, 13.50, 1353, 1354, 1355, 13.58.) 



3 cJcJ, 3 ¥ ad., Godan islet, near Little Key, May 1898. " Iris dark brown, 

 feet bright grey." (H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 785, im, 789, 790, 791, 792.) 



All tiiese specimens are perfectly alike, the 7nales being much larger than the 



females. The young is slightly more greenish, the breast more uniform, not 



distinctly squamated as in the adult bird. S. squamata salradorii from Tenimber 



is a much smaller subspecies, but otherwise perfectly similar. (Cf. Nov. Zool. 



1900. p. 10, 1901. p. 171.) 



12(1. Philemon moluccensis plumigenis (Gray). 



Tropidorliynchiis pUimiijfuh G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858. pp. 174—191 (Key Is.). 



6, Toeal, Key Islands. " Iris coifee-brown (greyish brown), bill and feet black." 

 (Kiihn coll., Nos. 3, 27, 54, 3 without numbers.) 



(Of. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 171.) 



121. Zosterops chloris Bp. 



Zolserops i-hlm-is Bonaparte, Conyp. Av. i. p. 398 (1850 : ex Miiller MS. in Mus. Leyden, 



Banda). 

 Zosterops rufifrons Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. Ti. p. 79 (Gisser, near Ceram-laut, desc. err.). 

 Zostenops hrunueieumla Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 82 (1880). 



4, Ceram-laut, December 1899. " Iris dark chocolate, feet grey, bill black, 

 under mandible bright grey, black towards tip." (H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1705, 1700, 

 1767,2028.) 



1 S, Komcer, Koer I., September 1899. (No. 1401.) 



3, Manggoer, October 1899. " Iris chocolate-brown, feet dark ash-grey, bill 

 black, mandible greyish or brownish l)lack. (Nos. 1433, 1434, 1435.) 



0, Kilsoein, Koer Is., June— July 1899. (Nos. 1192, 12(il, 1211, 1213, 1214, 

 1278.) 



4, Taam I., July 1899. (Nos. 1345, 1350, 1357, 130.5.) 



1, Teniiii, Taam Is., August 189!). (No. 1307.) 



0, .Soa, near Little Key, Ajiril, July 1898. (Nos. 070, 715, 803, 804, 805, 800.) 

 Dr. Finsch {Tierreich, Lief. 15, Zosteropidae, p. 27, 19Ul) is evidently correct 

 ill uniting cldoris, ruf/rons, and hmmwkauda. It is true that many sjieciraens 

 from Pulu Babi (Aru grouji), Koer, Soa, Manggoer and Ceram-laut are larger, but 

 others from the same places do not dift'er from the Banda form — i.e. Z. eldoris 

 chloris. If characters should be found to separate the I'ulu Babi, Key aud 



