278 PYGMIES AND PAPUANS 



Salvador!, were the only Flower-peckers met with. They 

 are small Tit-like birds allied to the Sun-birds, but with 

 a short bill serrated along the edges of the mandibles. 

 Both species were very common everywhere except on 

 the coast and were extremely tame. 



FAMILY ZOSTEROPID.E — WHITE-EYES. 



Zostcrops chrysolcBma, a beautiful little species with 

 the upper-parts golden-olive, the throat and under tail- 

 coverts yellow, and the breast and belly pure white, was 

 the only species met with of this most numerous and 

 widely distributed group. The popular name White-eye 

 is derived from the ring of tiny white plumes which en- 

 circles the eye in all. They resemble Titmice both in 

 their mode of life and notes. The only pair observed 

 WTre met with on the Iwaka River, and the species is 

 probably more numerous in the higher parts of the 

 mountains. 



FAMILY LANIID.-E — SHRIKES. 



The large Shrike-Uke birds with powerful hooked bills 

 known as the Piping-Crows are represented by two mem- 

 bers of the genus Cr adieus ; C. cassicus, a black and 

 white species, and C. quoyi, with uniform black plumage. 

 Both are much like their well-known Australian repre- 

 sentatives, but smaller. C. cassicus was much the 

 commoner bird and was generally observed feeding on 

 berries and fruits in high trees, its actions being very 

 Crow-like. 



The Pachycephaline group of birds allied to the true 

 Shrikes is represented by half-a-dozen species, two of 

 which proved to be undescribed: a grey form with a 

 white throat Pachycephala approximans and a black 

 species with a white breast and belly, P. dorsalis. 

 Brilliantly coloured orange -yellow and black, or orange- 



