collected in Dutch New Guinea. 85 



*]V[elanocharis striativentris. 



Melanocliaris striativentris Salvad. ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 511 (1913). 



A female was procured by A. S. Meek on the Utakwa 

 River, 2500 £t. 



*Rhanipliocliaris crassirostris. 



Rliampliocharis crassirostris Salvad. ; Roths. & Hartert 

 N. Z. XX. p. 511 (1913). 



Recorded from Mt. Groliath. 



Family ZOSTEROPIDtE. 



Zosterops chrysolaema. 



Zosterops clirysolcema Salvad. ; id. 0. P. ii. p. 368 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, Cat. ix. p. 177 (1884) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. X. p. 452 (1903). 



a. S' Iwaka River, 11th Feb. 1911. [No. 1029, 

 C. H. B. G.'] 



Iris light hazel ; bill black ; feet bluish-ash-colour. 



This specimen seems to agree exactly with the description 

 of the type from Arfak, but appears to be somewhat smaller: 

 wins: 53 mm. It is new to the British Museum. 



The Tring Museum possesses two males from Kapaur. 



" On the only occasion a White-eye was seen, a pair 

 passed along the stunted trees on the peak where my camp 

 was situated. Both were shot, but one fell down the steep 

 mountain-side and was lost in the dense undergrowth." — 

 C. B. B. G. 



Zosterops fuscicapilla. 



Zosterops fuscicapilla Salvad. ; id. Orn. Pap. ii. p. 372 

 (1881); Sharpe, Cat. ix. p. 178 (1884); Finsch, Tierreich, 

 Zosteropidse, p. 35 (1901) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 453 

 (1903). 



a. S ' Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 4th Feb., 1913. 

 IC.B.K.-] 



■ This appears to be a typical exam pie. of Z. fusricapilla : 

 the wino- measures (JO mm. .. . . 



