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hind neck, which is the darkest. The black stripes on the 

 crown of the head broader ; chest distinctly dusky, forming 

 an indistinct large chest-band ; lower white throat somewhat 

 tinged with dark vinous, so that the separation of the white 

 throat and the underparts is less defined. The lower rump, 

 flanks, under wing-coverts, and axillaries darker, approaching 

 grey-vinous in colour instead of pale cinnamon-vinous. 

 (2 specimens examined.) 



Type. Adult male, Miyanoura, Yakushima, south of 

 Kiusiu, 15. iv. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda collection, 

 no. 6020. 



Measurements : — Exposed culmen^ ^ 23, ? 23*5 mm. ; 

 wing, S 174, $ 165 mm. (somewhat imperfect) ; tail, 

 cJ, 154 mm.; tarsus, ^ 41*5, ? 37'5 mm. 



The single female examined is rather darker than the 

 type male, and the white patches on the outer webs of the 

 secondaries are nearly obsolete, greyish-white notches only 

 being present. 



Named in honour of the collector, Mr. H. Orii. 



Zosterops palpebrosa yonakuni, subsp. nov. l„ 



Diagnosis. Resembling Z. palpehrosa batanis McGregor of 

 Batan I., Philippine Islands, and Botel Tobago, near Formosa, 

 but it may be distinguished from the latter form by having a 

 rather distinct black patch under the eye ; the upper parts 

 olive-green instead of light olive-yellow ; the lores and 

 the frontal band tinged with pale yellow instead of with 

 bright yellow, or the frontal band sometimes obsolete ; the 

 auriculars and sides of neck olive-green like the crown 

 without any yellowish tinge ; the chin, throat, and under 

 tail-coverts not so bright yellow, these parts being much 

 paler yellow than the chin and throat ; the rectrices blackish 

 edged with olive-green instead of olive-yellow ; the middle 

 of breast and abdomen white, faintly tinged with yellowish ; 

 the flanks washed with vinous-grey ; bill on an average longer 

 and stouter than in Z. p. loocJiooensis ; the flanlis darker in 

 colour. (5 specimens examined.) 



Type. Adult male, Yonakuni Island, southernmost island of 



