TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 509 



Zosterops ventralis Richmond 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25: 288, Sept. 17, 1902. 



=Zosterops palpebrosa nicobarica Blyth. See Stuart Baker, Fauna of 

 British India, birds, ed. 2, 7: 281, 1930. 



178798. Adult male. Kar Nicobar Island, Nicobar Islands, Bay of Ben- 

 gal northwest of Sumatra. Jan. 24, 1901. Collected by William L. 

 Abbott. 

 Zosterops siquijorensis Bourns and Worcester 



Occas. Pap. Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 1(1) :21, Dec. 8, 1894. 



=Zosterops palpebrosa siquijorensis Bourns and Worcester. See Mayr, 

 in Delacour and Mayr, Birds of the Philippines, p. 236, 1946. 



316189. Adult male. Siquijor Island, Philippine Islands. Feb. 10, 

 1891. Collected by Dean C. Worcester and Frank S. Bourns. Re- 

 ceived from the Minneapolis Public Library, which acquired it from 

 the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, where it was No. 3846 

 of the Menage Collection. 



In addition to this specimen, a female. No. 316188, has also been marked 

 by Bourns and Worcester as "type," but it can be considered only a 

 paratype. 

 Zosterops atricapilla wetmorei Deignan 



Zoologica, New York 28 (4) : 202, Dec. 31, 1943. 



234322. Adult male. "Chong" (a mountain pass on the road from 

 Trang to Phatthalung, at about lat. 7°36' N., long. 99°50' E.; see 

 Robinson and Boden Kloss, Ibis [9] 4:669, 1910), Province of 

 Trang, peninsular Thailand. Dec. 5, 1909. Collected by Cecil Boden 

 Kloss. Received from the Federated Malay States Museums, Kuala 

 Lumpur and Taiping. 

 Zosterops aldabrensis Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 17: 371, Nov. 15, 1894. 



128702. Adult male. Aldabra Island, western Indian Ocean north of 

 Madagascar. Oct. 3, 1892. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Zosterops niadagascariensis gloriosoe Ridgway 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 17: 372, Nov. 15, 1894. 



^Zosterops maderaspatana gloriosae Ridgway. See Sclater, Systema 

 avium asthiopicarum 2: 678, 1930. 



128706. Adult female. Gloriosa Island, western Indian Ocean north of 

 Madagascar. Jan. 25, 1893. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Zosterops senegalensis fricki Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (20) : 6, Nov. 29, 1913. 



245874. Adult male. Bowlder Hill, Thika River, Fort Hall District, 

 Central Province, Kenya Colony. Aug. 28, 1912. Collected by Edgar 

 A. Mearns. Original number 23936. Childs Frick African Expedi- 

 tion (1911-1912). 



