species rather rare then it became very plentiful. Even so it is not as plentiful as usual for Zosterops flavifrons, though it is possibly more plentiful than usual for Zosterops lateralis when such are inhabiting an island with Zosterops flavifrons. This is the only Zosterops on Uvea and natives know of no accidental appearances of any Zosterops flavifrons at any time. It is found in all types of habitat though rare in slat pans, only visiting them rarely. This bird has spread to Beaupre Island and all the islands of the west chain, and is probably the most plenti- ful bird of those areas, though it has adopted somewhat different food habits in those areas to what it has on the mainland of Uvea. It feeds much on fruit, berries of Lantana being a favourite fruit, also paw paws and the small red, and red and yellow figs of the small leaved banyans. Many other fruits and berries and seeds are eaten and many insects, the ratio varying much during the year, but probably being some- where about 55 per cent insects 45 per cent fruit, though at certain times and places this would vary to as much as 10 per cent insects and 90 per cent fruit, and at times of hurricanes possibly reaches 100 per cent insects. If fruits are avail- able I believe it very likely the bird would maintain about a 70 per cent fruit 30 per cent insect ratio in its diet. Feeds at all levels with a leaning towards lower levels. The race shows great individual variation in the amount of colour on the flanks and this is no indication of age, purely one of moult and abrasion, fresh specimens show- ing more but the bloom quickly wears or fades off. Juveniles outnumber adults to an enormous degree, 1 adult to 9 juve- niles being about the average. The species raises 2 broods