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Birds of Celebes: Zosteropidae. 
at Rurukan, where they were eagerly searching among the twigs for aphides 
and the like. The Zosteropes, according to Dr. Hartlaub (a 1), usually go in 
small flocks, more rarely alone or in pairs, and feed upon small insects and 
fruit. Some are known to have a pleasant song. 
Z. atrifrons is not yet known in South Celebes. 
*195. ZOSTEROPS SUB ATRIFRONS M.&Wg. 
Peling Black-capped White-eye. 
Plate XXX. 
Zosterops subatrifrons (1) M. & Wg., Abli. Mas. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 17. 
“Silel”, Peling, native name. 
Adult. Like Z. atrifrons, but the black of the forehead passing over the crown, the sides 
of the head bro-wnish olive (not greenish yellow-olive), the yellow of the throat clearer 
(not olive-yellow), the breast whiter (not so strongly washed with grey), the upper 
])arts very slightly duller — less of yellow in the olivaceous tint (ad. Pehng, V. — VTTT 
95 — 0 1 4535). 
Measurements. Wing 53— 55 mm; tail c. 41; bill from nostril 8; tarsus 16. 
Distribution. Peling Island (in Dresden and Tring Mus.). 
Among the skins sent by our native hunters from Peling wms a series of 
eight of this local sj^ecies. It is most like Z. atrifrons of the mainland of 
Celebes, while Z. delicatula of New Guinea also stands near, but is larger and 
has the cheeks and throat pure yellow. 
* 196. ZOSTEROPS NEHRKORNI W. Bias. 
Sangi Black-fronted White-eye 
Plate XXXI. 
Zosterops nebrkorni (1) W. Bias., “Braunschweig. Anzeigen” (newsp.!) 11. Jan. 1888 Nr. 9 
p. 86; (2) id., Russ’ Isis 1888, 78; (III) id., Omis 1888, 593, t. 4, f. 2. 
Figure and description. W. Blasius HI. 
Adult male. Forehead and region in front of the eyes black; entire upper surface, 
with sides of head and neck, yellow olive-green, somewhat paler on the rump 
and upper tail-coverts; quills black, externally margined with the colom’ of the 
back, except on the outer primary and the free ends of the others; tail black; or- 
bital ring white; chin and throat light ochre-yellow; under tail-coverts some- 
what darker ochre-yellow; breast and sides ashy grey, darkest on the breast; ab- 
domen and under wing-coverts white; metacarpal edge ochre-yellow; thighs 
pale yellow (type, cf. Great Sangi, 21. Xn. 86: Platen in Mus. Nehrkorn, 
Nr. 2051). 
Iris red-brown; bill above dark brown; under bill and feet light brown (Platen). 
Measurements. Wing 59 mm; tail 42.5; bill from feathers of forehead 12; tarsus 16 
(W. Bias. III). 
Distribution. Great Sangi (Platen III). 
