734 DR. O. FINSCH ON THE [NoV. 6, 



111 coloration this species is so like Z. westernensis (Quoy & Gaim.) 

 of Australia, that Dr. Hartlaub and Mr. Gould could find only in 

 the somewhat stronger bill a ground of distinction ; but as the speci- 

 mens now before me show only a difference of half a millimetre, this 

 character can no longer stand. However, I now observe that the 

 Fiji bird has the under tail-coverts of a deeper yellowish ; so that 

 I think Z. flaviceps may be kept separate until more specimens 

 show this difference also to be of no constant value. 



14. ZosTEROPS EXPLORATOR, Layard. 



Zosterops explorator, Layard, P. Z. S. 1B75, p. 431. 



No. 57. Kandavu. Female. 



58. „ „ " Eyes black." 



The discovery of this species is due to Mr. John Murray, of the 

 'Challenger' Expedition. As Mr. Layard has published only a 

 y short diagnosis, I think a full description will be necessary — the 



more so as the specimens now before me are the types. 



Upper surface yellow olive-green, more yellow on the top and 

 sides of the head and neck, changing into pure citron-yellow on the 

 lores ; chin, throat, and breast the same as the under tail-coverts ; lower 

 part of breast and remaining under surface yellowish white ; flanks 

 distinctly washed with pale brownish grey ; under wing-coverts 

 white ; wing- and tail-feathers brown-black, narrowly margined 

 externally with olive-green ; remiges margined on their inner webs 

 with white ; there seems to be a narrow white eye-ring, surrounded 

 by a narrower blackish one ; bill blackish, lower mandible pale at 

 base ; legs plumbeous. 



Both specimens are precisely alike. 



This species comes nearest to Z. xanthoehroa, Gray, from New 

 Caledonia ; but the olive-green of the upper parts inclines decidedly 

 to yellow, and the yellow on the throat and breast is purer and 

 brighter. 



15. MoNARCHA LESsoNi (Quoy & Gaim.). 



Monarcha lessoni, F. &H. Orn. Central-Polyn. p. 88, t. vii. f. 5 ; 

 Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 434. 



No. 87. Kandavu. Male. " Bill light blue, darker at the base ; 

 legs bluish ; eyes black. Stomach was crammed with broken parts 

 of insects."— e/. M. 



No. 103. Kandavu. Male. Shot August 6. 

 116. 



16. Myiagra castaneiventris (J. Verr.) 



Myiagra castaneiventris, F. & H. Orn. Central-Polyn. p. 95, 

 taf. ix. f. 2, 3; Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 435. 



No. 51. Matuka. Male. "Eyes black. Frequents chiefly the 

 mangrove trees." 



