90 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on the Birds collected 



black with a dark metallic-green cap, shoulders and lower 

 back, and purple tliroat ; while the female is olive above 

 and dull yellow below, with a grey head and throat. The 

 latter species is dull yellow above, brilliant yellow below, 

 with a purple throat in the male, which is absent in the female. 

 Mr. Goodfellow tells us that among the riot of parasitic 

 plants which covered the trees a few Sun-birds and Honey- 

 eaters might always be seen. The nests of the former, 

 suspended from fallen and partially submerged dead trees, 

 were continuously swinging from side to side, the strong 

 current in the river kee])ing the trees in perpetual motion. 

 These nests might easily be mistaken for a handful of drift 

 left there by the river. 



Family D i c.i;i d.e — Flo wer-pcckers. 



D'lcman diver sum and MelanocJiuris chloroptera, a dull- 

 looking greeuish-grey species descril^ed by Count Salvador!, 

 were the only Flower-peckers met with. They are small 

 Tit-like birds allied to the Sun-birels, but witli 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^ — White- eyes. 

 Zosterops chrysoUeina, a beautiful little species with the 

 upper-parts golden-olivc, the throat and under tail-coverts 

 yellow, and tlie breast and belly pure white, was the only 

 speci{!s met with of this most numerous and widely distri- 

 buted group. The popular name White-eye is derived from 

 the ring of tiny white plumes which encircles the eye in all. 

 They resemble Titmice both in their mode of life and notes. 

 The only pair observed was met with on the Iwaka lliver, 

 and the species is probably more numerous in the higher 

 parts of the mountains. 



Family Laniid.e — Shrikes. 



The large Shrike-like birds with powerful hooked bills 

 known as the Piping-Crows are represented by two members 



