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ZOSTEROPS LUTEUS, Qouid.
Yellow Zosterops.
Zosterops luteus, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc.
■hi, new species is an inhabitant of the northern portion of Anstralia. I first met with it, says Mr
— Angus«, on GreenhiU Island, Van Diemen’s Gnlf, dwelling among the m an g ro v eo r the
ensest thickets It is mneh more wild and solitary than Zosterops dorsalis, and does not resort like that
ird to the gardens and the neighbourhood of the houses of the settlers; its note H j — g
N N a pretty canary-like song, instead of the long drawn-out note of Z. dorsal,s. When disturbed
suafly left the thicket for the higher branches o f the gum-trees, where it was effectually hidden.from
lew by the thick foUage. It was generally met with in small families of from three to seven or eight
^AllThe upper surface olive-yellow; primaries and tail-feathers brown, H H | H
,ead and throat pure yellow; lores and line beneath the eye black; eye encircled B B H
eathers; abdomen and under tail-coverts dull yellow; irides light reddish brown; upper
the basal half rather lighter; apical third of the lower mandible blackish grey;jrey, . basal two-th.rds light
W Ê Ê Ë • legs and feet bluish grey.