gape ; general colour somewhat more scarlet than in d' 



[Pele w group] M.r, kobayasJdi. 



Differential measurements of the subspecies oi M. rubratra : 



Zosterops semperi takatsukasai, subsp, nov. 

 (Zcsteropidre). 



Z. j<?^«/m Wiglesworth, Aves Polyn., iSgi, p. 37 (part.); Takatsukasa & Kuroda, 

 " Tori," Vol. i, No. 2, 1915, pp. 55, 64 (part.). 



^ •^ ad. — Similar to Z. scmpcri sem/>rri from Pelew Islands, but 



distinguishable from it by the yellow streak from the posterior end of ' 



nasal opening to the upper side of eye being rather deeper in tone, by 



the forehead being much yellower, and by the narrow dark line from 



front of eye to the under side of eye scarceh" deeper than in typical 



