( 4.52 ) 

 2. Zosterops minor Mey. 



Zosterops nihivetiter minnr A. B, Meyer, Sitsber. Ak. H'iss. Wien Ixx. p. 115 (1874; Jobi). 

 Zosterops aureigula Salvadori, A?in. Miis. C'n\ Gen. xii. p. 340 (1878 : Jobi). 



2 c?(?, Ansns, Jobi, May 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



2 £?(?, 1 ?, Marai, Jobi, May 1897. W. Doherty coll. " Iris red-brown, feet 

 blnish-grey, bill blackish." 



The white ring round the eyes is only indicated in this species. 



3. Zosterops crissalis Shaipe. 



Zosterops crissalis Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mux. ix. p. 165 (1884 ; Astrolabe Mts.). 



2, Mt. Cameron, 31. vii., 8. viii. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 



2 SS, Kotoi district, Brit. New Guinea, 4000 ft., 12. viii. 1898. A. S. Anthony 

 coll. 



1, Moroka district, Brit. New Guinea, 3000—6000 ft. (Native coll.?). Purchased 

 from Mcllwraltli and McEacharn. 



2, Mountains of British New Guinea. E. Weiske coll. 



3 cf cJ, 3 ? ?, Avera, Aroa River, 21, 28, 31. i., 1. ii,, 4, 14. iii. 1^03. A. S. 

 Meek coll., Nos. A 25, 140, 166, 17.5, 353, 416. 



4. Zosterops chrysolaema Salvad. 



Zosterops chrysolaema Salvadori, Ann. .Vus. Cir. Gen. vii. p. 964 (1880 ; Arfak). 



2 £?(? ad., Kapaur, December 1896. W. Doherty coll. " Iris red-brown." 

 Resembles Z. minor, but has a wide white ring round the eyes, black lores, 

 darker crown and altogether darker and more brownish green upperside. 



5. Zosterops delicatula Sbarpe. 



Zosterojis delicatula Sbarpe, Joimi. Linn. Sor. xvi. p. 318 (Astrolabe Mts., Goldie coll.). 



1, Kotoi district, 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1, Moroka district, 30U0— 6000 ft. 



2, between rivers Laroki and Vanapa, British New Guinea. E. Weiske coll. 

 1899. 



1 , Mt. Gayata, 2000—4000 ft. E. Weiske coll. 



1 S, Milne Bay, 9. ii. 1899. A. S. Meek coll., No. 2284. "Iris brown, feet 

 slate, bill black." 



4 c?<?, 3 ? ?, Fergusson Island, 29, 31. v., 2, 3. vi. 1897. A. S. Meek coll., 

 Nos. 449, 471, 508, 509, 512, 517, 519. 



6. Zosterops meeki Hart. 



Zosterops meeki Hartert, Nov. ZooL. v. p 5'28 (1898 : Sudest I.). 



1 S ad., Sndest Island, Louisiades, 18. iv. 1898. (No. 1753.) Ti/pe. A. S. 

 Meek coll. 



1 ? ad., Sudest Island, 18. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 1754. 

 Differs from Z. delicatula chiefly in the entirely white underside. 



