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Para. Meliphagid.'e. 



159. ZOSTEROPS AURIVENTER, 



Zosterops auriventer, Hume ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ix. p. 163. 

 a,b. ^2 ad. Kina Balu, March 25, 1887. 



c. S ad. Kiua Balu, April 1, 1887. 



The specimens from Kina Balu cannot be separated from 

 Tenasserim examples, but, as Mr, Whitehead has pointed out, 

 the bird which I had named Z. auriventer from Java is 

 really a distinct race, characterized by its very pale ashy 

 sides, almost obsolete abdominal streaks of yellow, and dusky 

 lores. It seems to be deserving of a name, but it is approached 

 by the Malaccan specimens, which are paler than those from 

 Tenasserim. 



[Fairly common on the lower spurs of Kina Balu, fre- 

 quenting the more open spaces, flying in twittering flocks 

 amongst the tops of small trees.] 



160. Zosterops clara. 



Zosterops clara, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 479. 



a. S ad. Kina Balu, March 9, 1888. 



b, c. cJ ad. Kina Balu, April 5, 1888. 



d. 2 ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 3, 1888. 



Adult male. General colour above clear greenish yellow, 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts scarcely lighter than the 

 back ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing black ; 

 primary-coverts and quills blackish, externally greenish 

 yellow, a little lighter on the primaries, the innermost 

 secondaries like the back ; tail-feathers blackish, narrowly 

 margined with greenish yellow ; crown of head like the back ; 

 the forehead and lores as well as the feathers at the base of 

 the bill blackish, extending on the forehead across the centre 

 of each eye ; feathers round eye silky white, except in f rout, 

 where they are blackish; ear-coverts and cheeks greenish 

 yellow ; throat clearer yellow ; sides of neck like the back ; 

 fore neck, chest, sides of body, and flanks pure bluish grey ; 

 centre of breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts clear 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries silky white ; quills 



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