74 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I07 



Bridled white-eyes were found at only one locality at Garakayo 

 Island. Small flocks were found feeding in low trees at the edge of 

 a cliff. One male had enlarged testes. The other birds collected were 

 in molt. 



ZOSTEROPS CONSPICILLATA OWSTONI Hartert 



Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 7, 1900, p. 2. (Ruk, Central 

 Carolines.) 



McElroy found these birds in upland areas at Moen and Udot 

 Islands. Specimens collected were lost in shipment. 



ZOSTEROPS CINEREA FINSCHII (Hartlaub) 



Tephras finschii Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 6, pi. 3. (Pelew 

 Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Eastern Peninsula — 2 males, 2 fe- 

 males, August 27 ; small island off Eastern Peninsula — i male, Sep- 

 tember 10; Garakayo Island — i male, 5 females, September 18. 



Of the three species of white-eyes observed in the southern Palaus 

 by our field party, this bird was the most numerous. It was seen in 

 small flocks on forest edges. Most of the specimens collected were in 

 molt. Stomachs contained small seeds. 



RUKIA PALAUENSIS (Reichenow) 



Cleptornis palauensis Reichenow, Journ. Orn., 1915, p. 125. (Babeldzuap = 

 Babelthuap, Palau Islands.) 



Palau Islands (Peleliu Island) : Eastern Peninsula — 2 males, 

 August 27, September 7 ; Southeastern Peninsula — 3 males, 3 females, 

 August 29, 30, September 4, 5, 6. 



These birds were found in the undisturbed jungle areas at Peleliu. 

 They were observed as singles and did not have the gregarious habits 

 characteristic of the other two species of white-eyes found in the 

 Palaus. One male had enlarged testes ; some of the other specimens 

 were in molt. Stomachs contained insects and plant parts. 



ERYTHRURA TRICHROA CLARA Takatsukasa and Yamashina 



Erythrura trichroa clara Takatsukas.\ and Yamashina, Tori, vol. 32, 1931, 

 p. 110. (Ruk, Central Carolines.) 



Truk Islands : Moen Island — i female, December. 



McElroy found these birds at three localities on Moen Island in 

 heavy vegetation along streams. The birds were seen in small flocks. 

 One male examined in December had enlarged testes. No birds of 

 this species were seen at Palau. 



