CATALOGUE 



OF 



BIRDS' EGGS 



VOL. V. 



Order PASSERIFORMES (continued). 



(Cf. Vol. iii. p. 165.) 



Sub-Order ACROMYODF (continued). 

 (Cf. Vol. iii. p. 229.) 



PASSERES NORMALES (continued). 

 (Cf. Vol. iii. p. 229.) 



Family ZOSTEROPID^. 



Genus ZOSTEROPS, Vig. ^ Rorsf. 



As a rule eggs of the White-eyes resemble each other closely in 

 size, shape, and colour. They are of a pointed oval shape, exhibit 

 very little gloss, and are of a pale blue or bluish-green colour, 

 without markings. The tint is variable not only among eggs of 

 the same species, but even among those of the same clutch. In 

 some clutches all the eggs are white. 



Zosterops japonica, Temm. 4' Schl. 



Zosterops japonica, Shca-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 160 (1884) ; Seebohm, 



B. Japan. Emj). p. 68 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Ek-rsamml. p. 78 (1899) ; 



Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 11 (1901) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 



Birds, pt. i. p. -I-Il (1902) ; Shar2)e, Hand-l. v. p. 1 (1906). 

 Zosterops palpebrosus japonicu.s, Hartert, Viio. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 315 



(1905). ^ i 1 



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