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PARID. 
PARIN&. 
MAcHLOoLopuus, Cabanis. 
118. * MAcHLOLOPHUS ELEGANS. 
Parus elegans, Lesson, Tr. p. 456, patr. non indic. (1831) ; Pucheran, Rey. et Mag. Zool. 1854, 
p- 68; Bp. Compt. Rend. xxxviii. p. 63; Coll. Delatre, p. 45 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 34, note. 
Parus quadrivittatus, La Fresnaye, R. Z. 1840, p. 129, “ Manilla or India.” 
Hab, Philippines (Pucheran). 
Lesson’s type was brought to Paris from the Philippines by Dussumier in 1820 (fide 
Puch. J. c.). Bonaparte (/. c.) mentions that numbers of individuals were sent to the 
Brothers Verreaux about the year 1854; but the exact habitat still remains unrecorded. 
MELIPHAGIDZ. 
ZosteRops, Vigors & Horsfield. 
119. * ZostEROPS MEYENI. 
Dicaum flavum, Kittlitz, Kupfert. pt. 2, p. 15, pl. 19. £. 2, “Luzon” (1833); Mém. présentés 4’ Acad. 
St. Pétersb. ii. p. 142, pl. 3. f. 3, “ Luzon” (1833), nec Horsf. 
Sylvia flava, Meyen, Noy. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. p. 79, “ Manilla” (1834). 
Zosterops meyeni, Bp. Consp. i. p. 398, ex Kittlitz (1850) ; Hartl. J. £. O. 1865, p. 17. 
Hab. Luzon, February (Meyer). 
Closely resembles Z. palpebrosa and Z. simplex, but differs from both in having the 
breast and belly nearly pure white, and in wanting the black lores and dark subocular 
shading. Above, the shade of green is intermediate between the two. The yellow of 
the throat and crimson agrees best in shade with Z. simplex, but descends lower. 
The Zosterops mentioned by Mr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 219) is in all probability 
Z. parvula, Hombr. & Jacquin. Voy. Pole Sud, Ois. pl. 19. fig. 4, ex Banjarmassing, 
and considered by Hartlaub (tom. cit. p. 15) to be the same as Z. melanura, Temm., ex 
Pontianak. It is erroneously identified with Z. flava (Horsf.) in Gray’s Hand-list, 
no. 2119. 
NECTARINIIDZ. 
DicaIN&. 
Dic#um, Cuvier. 
120. * DicHUM RETROCINCTUM. 
Diceum retrocinctum, Gould, Ann. N. H. (4) x. p. 114, “ Manilla, Mindanao” (Aug. 1872). 
Hab. Manilla, Mindanao (Gould); Zebu (A/eyer). 
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