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8. Zosterops vatensis, Tristr. 1879 



Zosterops vatensis, Tristram. Ibis 1879, p. 444 (1879). 

 Zosterops vatensis, Gadow, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. Vol. IX iFam. Meli- 

 phagidae), p. 158 (1884); Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn. p. 37 (1891). 



1 Specimen, young male. 



It is evidently a young bird; throat dull yellowish-white, 

 abdomen still paler; under tail-coverts white. Dusky line below 

 and in front of the eye well pronounced. Back ashy grey, head 

 and neck faintly more olive. 



Length of wing 64 mm., tail 50 mm. 



The specimen has been examined by Dr. Ogilvie Grant (ol 

 the British Museum). 



8. Glyciphila flavotincta, G. R. Gray 1870. 



Glyciphila flavotincta, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Vol. V, Fourth 

 Series, p. 331 (1891); Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn. p. 33 (1891). 



Glyciphila incana, Gadow, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. Vol. IX (Fam. Meli- 

 phagidae), p. 216 (1884), partim. 



2 Specimens. 



A. Male adult; length of wing 73 mm., tail 60 mm. 



B. Adult (worn plumage). Bill strong; culmen 23 mm., 

 wing 74 mm , tail 60 mm. The specimen is much faded ; one or 

 two of the wing-feathers new, with the outer webs yellowish- 

 green, the other worn, and show no trace of that colour. 



Native name „So-sou u (acommon name of the natives them- 

 selves). 



Esteemed as a songster; visits the gardens in the morning, 

 looking for insects in the flowers. The stomach of the specimens 

 contained insects only, (small diptera). 



10. Ai^tamus melanoleucas, (Wagl.) 1827. 



Leptopteryx melanoleuca, Wagl. Syst. Av., Leptopteryx, sp. I (1827): ex 

 Forster, Loxia melaleuca, Icon Ined. M. S. p. 40. 



Artamus melaleucus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, p. 163 (1859). 



