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Meliphaga, and the rest as probably also belonging to 

 this genus. 



Some of the Warblers of the Oceanic Islands have 

 the nostrils linear, and the first four quills nearly equal* 

 and the longest ; the bill has no bristles, and is slender 

 and arched ; the- eye is surrounded by a white edge. 

 They form the genus Zosferops of Vigors and Hors- 

 field. 



JVhite-eyed Warbler. M. Maderaspatana, Lin. M. 



Madagascar iensis, Gml. Brisson, iii. t. 28. f. 2. 

 Greenish, beneath whitish ; throat and vent fulvous ; 

 eyelids white ; length three inches and a half. Ma- 

 dagascar, 



Zosterops Dorsalis, Vig. S. Annulosa, 

 ^. Swain. Zool. III. t. 16. 

 Yellowish-green ; back ash ; streak above and before 

 the eye black ; beneath yellowish-white ; throat pale- 

 yellow } side of belly ferrugineous ; length four inches 

 and a half. New Holland. 



Some species have the bill short, nostrils large, closed 

 behind with a membrane ; wings very short, rounded ; 

 legs long ; middle toes very long ; hind claws long. 

 They form the genus Brachypterix, Horsf. 



Mountaineer Warbler, Lath. Brachypterix Montana, 



Horsf. Z. R. t. 

 Bluish-gray, beneath paler ; belly whitish ; wings very 

 short ; quills and tail brown, gray-edged ; length six 

 inches. Java. 



Batavian Warbler, Lath. Brack. Sepiaria, Horsf. 

 Fulvous-olive, beneath paler ; chin, middle of belly 

 whitish ; quill and tail bay ; length five inches. Java. 

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