CONTENTS Introduction .................. 4 Acknowledgements................. 5 Systematic part.................. 7 Zosterops (concluded)................ 7 Tephrozosterops................. 167 Madanga................... 169 Lophozosterops................. 171 Oculocincta.................. 204 Heleia.................... 207 Chlorocharis.................. 212 Woodfordia.................. 220 Rukia.................... 225 Megazosterops.................. 232 Genus incertae sedis (Hypocryptadius)........... 235 Additions and corrections to part I............ 240 Additions and corrections to part II............ 276 Summary and conclusions............... 295 Introduction.................. 295 Theoretical and practical classification........... 296 A revised list of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae....... 303 Ecology as an aid in classification........... 311 Competition and evolution.............. 313 Historical and zoogeographical considerations on some species and subspecies 319 Plumage characters................ 326