

262 Canon Tristram on a Collection of 
7. ZOSTEROPS FLAVIFRONS (Lath.). 
This, the largest and finest of the White-eyes with which I 
| am acquainted, is stated to be very plentiful about gardens. 
| i I have it both from Aneiteum and Aniwa. ‘The species is 
if most remarkable for the great size of its bill. The nests sent 
me resemble exactly those of Zosterops flaviceps as described 
by Mr. Layard (not by Finsch and Hartlaub), suspended 
neatly in the angle of two horizontal twigs by loops of fibrous 
rootlets, and composed throughout of fibres, fine roots, and 
cobwebs. The eggs, pale turquoise-blue, like those of the 
whole genus without exception, are of course much larger 
than any of their congeners in my collection. Native name 
at Aneiteum “Inheleng,” at Aniwa “Tafurusiu.” Nests 
taken 24th October and 14th November. 
8. Prerroica sIMILis, G. R. G. 
There is a pair of this pretty little bird from Aneiteum in 
the collection. It is very like P. pusilla of Samoa, but is 
larger, and the male has the throat dark brown instead of 
black. Native name “ Katamal.” 




9. RuHIPIDURA, sp. ? 
One specimen of an undoubted Rhipidura was in the 
Erromanga collection, but so utterly decayed that it crumbled 
to a mass of feathers at once, and there was no possibility of 
identifying it. This is the more disappointing as the species 
given by Forster as from the New Hebrides seems to be as 
yet undecided. One egg out of three came safely, and is 
precisely like those in my collection of R. albiscapa from 
Australia, and very distinct from any other Flycatcher’s. 
I may mention that, while the skins arrived in such 
deplorable condition, the nest and eggs, in a tight box 
within, were unharmed by damp or water, which had pene- 
trated every thing else. 


10. Myzacra MELANURA, G. R. Gray. 
From Aneiteum and Aniwa. The glossy black throat and 
breast of the male strikingly contrasts with the rich chestnut 
of the female. There are two nests, each with eggs, from 
Aniwa. The nests are most peculiar, very like those of M. 





































