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Zosterops japonica simplex Swinhoe 



Z[osterops]. simplex Swinhoe, Ibis, vol. 3, No. 12, October 1861, 

 p. 331 ("a Southern-Chinese form . . . "). Nomen nudum! 

 Zosterops simplex Swinhoe, Ibis, vol. 5, No. 19, July 1863, p. 294 

 ("Southern China, from C'anton to Foochow"; type locality 

 restricted to Hong Kong, by Mees, Zoologische Verhandehngen, 

 No. 35, Oct. 16, 1957, p. 120). 

 Range: A visitor from the North, reported on migration or in win- 

 ter from the northern plateau (Chiang Rai, Chaiya Prakan, Chiang 

 Mai, Lampang) and the eastern plateau (Loei, Nakhon Ratchasima, 

 Ubon). 



Zosterops palpebrosa joannae La Touche 



Zosterops aureiventer joannx La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol. 42, No. 263, Nov. 29, 1921, p. 31 (Mengtsz [lat. 23°23' N., 

 long. 103°27' E.], Yunnan Province, China). 

 Range: A visitor from the North, reported on migration or in winter 

 from the northern plateau (Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai). 



Zosterops palpebrosa siamensis Blyth 



Zosterops siamensis Blyth, Ibis, new ser., vol. 3, No. 9, January 

 1867, p. 34 (Tenasserim Division, Lower Burma). Yellow- 

 bellied variety! 

 Zosterops mesoxantha Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Gen- 

 ova, ser. 2, vol. 7, Aug. 6, 1889, p. 396 ("Taho" [about lat. 

 19°28' N., long. 96°48' E.], Karenni State, Burma). Gray- 

 bellied variety! 

 Zosterops palpebrosa vidua Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 42, No. 15, May 3, 1929, p. 162 (Doi Suthep [lat. 18°50' N., 

 long. 98°55' E.], bhiang Mai Province, Thailand). Gray- 

 bellied variety! 

 Range: Reported from mountains of the northern plateau, on the 

 West southward to Tak. 



Zosterops palpebrosa williamsoni Robinson and Boden Kloss 



Zosterops palpebrosa williamsoni Robinson and Boden Kloss, 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, No. 4, Dec. 31, 1919, p. 445 

 ("Meklong"=Samut Songkhram [lat. 13°25' N., long. 100°00' 

 E.], Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand). 

 Range: Reported from localities along the eastern coast from Bang- 

 kok to Pattani. 



Zosterops palpebrosa auriventer Hume 



[Zosterops] auriventer Hume, in Hume and Davison, Stray Feath- 

 ers, vol. 6, Nos. 1-6, June 1878, p. 519 (Tavoy, Tavoy District, 

 Tenasserim Division, Lower Burma). 



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