THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Zosterops tephropleura Campbell and Barnard, Emu, Vol. XVII., p. 30, 1917 (N.Q.); Mac- 
gillivray, ib., p. 203, 1918 (N.Q.). 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from Cape York to Kangaroo Island ; South Australia 
and Tasmania. 
Adult male . General colour of the upper-surface yellowish-green with grey bases to the 
feathers, including the top of the head, sides of face, hind-neck, back, rump, upper 
tail-coverts, and upper wing-coverts; flight-quills blackish-brown fringed with 
yellowdsli-green on the outer webs ; tail hair-brown with yellowish-green margins 
to some of the feathers ; lores and rictal-bristles black ; eye-ring white; chin and 
throat cream-w r hite with black hair-like tips to the feathers on the chin; fore-neck 
and sides of neck grey ; middle of breast and middle of abdomen white; sides of 
breast, sides of body, and flanks fawn-colour; under tail-coverts pale yellow; 
under wing-coverts white ; under-surface of flight-quills dark hair-brown with 
pale margins ; low^er aspect of tail greyish-brown, shafts of feathers white. Eyes 
hazel, feet flesh, bill purple-flesh. Total length 113 mm.; culmen 8, wing 60, 
’tail 45, tarsus 18. Collected at Devonport, Tasmania, on the 12th of February, 
1909, and is the type of Z. 1. tasmanica . 
Adult females from the same localities as the males are similar. 
Adult female . General colour of the upper-surface yellowish-green with grey bases to the 
feathers, including the top of the head, hind-neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
and upper wing-coverts ; flight-quills blackish-brown edged with green on the 
outer w T ebs ; tail-feathers dark hair-brown fringed with green on the outer webs; 
sides of face paler than the crown ; lores and feathers in front of the eye black; 
chin and throat pale lemon-yellow ; fore-neck and sides of neck grey; breast, 
abdomen, and sides of body fawn-colour; under tail-coverts very pale lemon- 
yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverte white; under-surface of flight-quills 
hair-browm with whitish margins ; lower aspect of tail pale brown with white 
shafts. Eyes stone, feet slate, bill horn. Total length, 118 mm.; culmen 8, 
wing 62, tail 46, tarsus 17. Collected at Selby, Victoria, on the 1st of January, 
1913. 
Adult female . Entire top of head, nape, sides of face, sides of neck, hind-neck, rump, 
and upper tail-coverts dull citron-green like the upper wing-coverts and outer 
aspect of the flight-quills ; back lead-grey ; bastard-wing and inner webs of flight- 
quills dark brown with pale margins to the latter ; tail-feathers hair-brown with 
pale edges to the inner-webs and citron-green on the outer ones ; lores and a portion 
of the eye-ring black, the remaining portion of the latter w'hite; chin and throat 
tinged with yellow ; breast pale grey ; middle of abdomen whitish like the under 
tail-coverts, axillaries, and under w ing-coverts ; sides of abdomen and sides of 
body pale chestnut; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown with slightly paler 
margins ; lower aspect of tail also hair-brown. Eyes hazel, feet and bill brown. 
Total length 120 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 61, tail 46, tarsus 18. Figured. Collected 
at Auburn, Victoria, on the 16th of January, 1901. (Bottom figure.) 
Adult female. Mantle and back pale slate-grey ; head, w'ings, rump, and upper tail-coverts 
dull greenish-yellow r ; quills and tail-feathers browm edged with greenish-yellow 
on the outer-webs ; sides of face and ear-coverts dull yellow, becoming brighter 
on the throat; a spot in front and under the eye blackish; breast and sides of 
breast ash-grey, becoming paler and inclining to ochreous on the flanks; middle 
of abdomen w T hitish ; under tail-coverts tinged with yellow ; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts white. Total length 109 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 57, tail 44, tarsus 17. 
Collected on Kangaroo Island. 
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