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Show 508 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD O N BIRDS COLLECTED [May 19, 24. ZOSTEROPS BRUNNEICAUDA, Salvadori. Zosterops brunneicauda, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 82 ; id. Orn. Pap. e delle Molucche, ii. p. 373 ; Gadow, Cat. B. vol. ix. p. 190. Hab. " Islands of Ceram Laut, Choor, and the Aru group; " Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. 3 • Bima, Sumbawa. Iris brown ; bill brown; feet slate-coloured; wing 5*6 centims. This individual is in no way separable from the British-Museum example of Z. brunneicauda. 25. ZOSTEROPS SUMBAVENSIS, sp. nov. 3 • Z. brunneicauda) paullo similis, sed colore aureo universo, ac pileo brunneo, prcecipue diversus. Superne aureo-viridis ; fronte late aurea ; annulo ophthalmico albo lato ; macula praoculari nigricante ; reyione parotica brunnescente ; toto corpore subtus late aureo ; iride brunnea. Long. tot. 0*110 m.; al. 0*056 m. ; caud. 0*046 m.; rostr. 0*011 m.; tars. 0*016 m. Hab. Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. 3 • Bima, Sumbawa. b. Bima, Sumbawa. The general golden yellow colour of this species distinguishes it from Z. brunneicauda, as also does the brown of the vertex and occiput. In b (marked " $ ? " ) this latter characteristic is not so marked. 26. STIGMATOPS OCULARIS (Gould). Stigmatops ocularis, Salvad. Orn. della Pap. ii. p. 323. Hab. Lombok (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard); Timor (Wallace); New Guinea (Bonaparte) ; New Holland (Gould). a. 8 • Bima, Sumbawa. b, c. 8 • Sumbawa town. d. Bima. e. Sumbawa town. Iris brown; bill black; feet and tarsus slate. Sexes alike. Length of wing 7*3-7*7 centims. Common round Bima, where they fed on the flowers of the Bombax and other trees. Their habits resemble those of the genus Cinnyris. 27. STIGMATOPS, sp. At Bima and Sumbawa two quite young birds of the genus Stigmatops were obtained that I hesitate to refer to any particular species. The head is olive ; the chin, cheeks, upper throat, and ear-coverts are washed with yellow, as are also the abdomen and under tail-coverts; and the tail is more brightly tinged with greenish yellow than is the case in S. ocularis. Whether it is the young of the latter it is difficult to say, but it agrees closely with the description of the adult S. chloris of Salvadori. |