ZOSTEEOl'ID.15. 



Zosterops flavifrons (Gmel.). 



Zosterops flavifrons, Tristram, Ibis, 1876, p. 262 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. ix. p. 187 (1884) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 80 (1899) ; 

 Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 30 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 11 (1906). 



Two eggs of the New Hebrides White-eye are pure white and of 

 a rather long pointed oval shape. They measure *8 by *56. 



1. New Hebrides, 24th October (J. G. Crowley Bequest. 



Paton: Tristram Coll.). 

 1. New Hebrides, 14th November Crowley Bequest. 



(J. G. P. : Tristram Coll.). 



Zosterops owstoni, Hartert. 



Zosterops semperi, Finsch (nee HartL), P. Z. S. 1880, p. 575 ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 80 (1899). 



Zosterops semperi owstoni, Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 2 (1900). 

 Zosterops owstoni, Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop.}*. 31 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 12 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Ruk Island White-eye measure respectively 

 68 by -5 and -65 by -5. 



2. Kuk Island, Caroline Is., 10th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Zosterops hypoxantha, Salvad. 



Zosterops hypoxantha, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 178 (1884); 

 Dahl, MT. Mus. Berlin, i. pp. 98, 210 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 80 (1899) ; Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 35 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 14 (1906). 



Eggs of the New Pomeranian White-eye measure -65 by '5 

 and -62 by -48. 



2. New Pomerania, Bismarck Archip. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. New Pomerania. Crowley Bequest. 



Zosterops lateralis (Lath.). 



Zosterops dor, c alis, Thien. (nee V. Sf H.) Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiii. 



fig. 15 (1845-54). 

 Zosterops cserulescens, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 587 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 152 (1884) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 233 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 79 (1899; ; 



Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Amtr. Birds, i.p. 347, pi. 13 (1901) ; Finsch, 



Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 39 (1901). 

 Zosterops lateralis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 16 (1906). 



Eggs of the Australian Grey-backed White-eye measure from -61 

 to *8 in length, and from '45 to '59 in breadth. 



