20STER0PS TENUIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Zosl. capite, gutture, pectoreque olivaceo-viridihiis (Jioc colore in his IcBtiore) ; dorso, alis, cauddque 
obscure olivaceo-viridibus ; abdomine olivaceo-brunneo ; oculis zona alba angustd circumdatis ; 
rostro pedibusque brimneo-plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 5 1 unc. ; rostri, | ; alee, 2^ ; catidce, 2 ; tarsi, ^. 
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 auricularihus olivaceo-griseis ; dorso et uropygio olivaceo-castaneis ; alis 
cauddque olivaceo-brumieis ; oculis zona alba lata circumdatis, anticH et infra nigro marginatd ; 
guld, abdominis medio, crissoque albis ; lateribus castaneis ; rostro pedibusque plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 5| unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 3 ; cauda, 2^ ; 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 albogular is, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
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, Vig. 8f Horsf. 
Fig. 3. 
Zost. capite, alis cauddque olivaceis ; dorso ci?iereo ; oculis zona alba lata, circumdatis, strigd ante sub- 
tusque oculos nigra ; guld, abdominisque medio jiavescenti-albidis ; abdominis lateribus ferrugineo 
tinctis ; rostro brunnco ; pedibus hrunneo-plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; al(S, 2| ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, |. 
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. 
Syn. Sylvia annulosa, var. Swains. Zool. III., 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. 
