TABLE 51. MEASUREMENTS OF _Zosterops cinerea_

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SUBSPECIES | No. | Wing | Tail | Culmen | Tarsus

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_Z. c. cinerea_ | 47 | 63 | 37 | 15.0 | 20

| | (60-65) | (35-39) | (14.0-16.5) | (19-20)

| | | | |

_Z. c. ponapensis_ | 38 | 59 | 38 | 13.5 | 20

| | (57-61) | (36-40) | (13.0-14.5) | (18-21)

| | | | |

_Z. c. finschii_ | 30 | 65 | 43 | 17.5 | 21

| | (63-67) | (40-46) | (16.0-18.5) | (20-23)

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_Specimens examined._--Total number, 50 (33 males, 17 females), as

follows: Caroline Islands, USNM--Kusaie, 1 (Feb. 9); AMNH--Kusaie,

49 (Jan., Feb., March).

_Nesting._--Coultas found that approximately one-half of the males

which he obtained in March, 1931, had swollen gonads.

_Molt._--Many of the birds obtained in January and February were

molting, and many of those obtained in March were in fresh

plumage.

_Remarks._--Coultas obtained a large series of these birds at Kusaie in

1931, where he found them to be common.

=Zosterops cinerea ponapensis= Finsch

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