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silver eye with no white ring.
Zosterops inornata Layard
Range.- Lifu, possibly also
Maré (Layard).
Description.- Large and with
a big bill; only a few white feathers
in the eye-ring; lores and cheeks
scarcely feathered; upper parts very
dark and brownish.
Habitat.- High trees in deep forest
(Layard). Calls like Pachycephala
(Layard).
Collecting.- A large series of this
rare species.
Native name.- Sinekato (Layard) or
Sinaming.