ZOSTEROPS TENUIROSTRIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Zost. capite, gutture, pectoreque olivaceo-viridibus (hoc colore in his laztiore) ; dorso, alis, cauddque 

 obscure olivaceo-viridibus ; abdomine olivaceo-brunneo ; oculis zona alba angustd circumdatis ; 

 rostro pedibusque brunneo-plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 5 1 unc. ; rostri, J ; aim, 21 ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, J. 



Head, throat, and chest yellowish green, which is brightest on the throat and chest ; back, wings, 

 and tail dark olive green ; under surface olive brown ; bill and legs light brown inclining to lead colour ; 

 eye surrounded by a narrow zone of white feathers. 



The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage. 



Zosterops tenuirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, banks of the Morumbidgee ; and other parts of the interior of New 

 South Wales. 



ZOSTEROPS ALBOGULARIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Zost. summo capite plumisque auricularibus olivaceo-griseis ; dorso et uropygio olivaceo-castaneis ; alis 

 cauddque olivaceo-brunneis ; oculis zona alba lata circumdatis, antice et infra nigro marginatd ; 

 guld, abdominis medio, crissoque albis ; lateribus castaneis ; rostro pedibusque plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 5| unc. ; rostri, J- ; alee, 3 ; caudce, 2-J ; tarsi, 1 . 



Crown of the head and ear-coverts olive grey ; back and upper tail-coverts olive strongly tinged 

 with chestnut ; wings and tail olive brown ; a broad zone of white feathers surrounds each eye, bounded 

 in front and below with black ; throat, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; flanks 

 chestnut ; bill and legs lead colour. 



The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage. 



Zosterops albogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1 837- 

 Remark. This is the largest species of the genus I have yet observed. 



Habitat. Australia: locality, banks of the Morumbidgee and the interior of New South Wales. 



ZOSTEROPS DORSALIS, Fig. 8f Horsf. 

 Fig. 3. 



Zost. capite, alis cauddque olivaceis ; dorso cinereo ; oculis zona alba lata circumdatis, strigd ante sub- 

 tusque oculos nigra ; gidd, abdominisque medio flavescenti-albidis ; abdominis lateribus ferrugineo 

 tinctis ; rostro brunneo ; pedibus brunneo-plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, -i- ; ales, 2 J ; caudm, 2 ; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head, wings, and tail olive ; back greyish olive ; eyes surrounded by a zone of white 

 feathers, bounded in front and below with black ; throat, centre of the abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts greyish white with a slight tinge of olive ; flanks light chestnut brown ; upper mandible 

 dark brown, under mandible lighter ; feet brownish lead colour. 



The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage. 



Svn. Sylvia annulosa, var. (j., Swains. Zool. 111., 1st Ser., pi. 16. 



Zosterops dorsalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 235. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales, where it is very common. 



