CATALOGUE 
BLE DS E.G G's: 
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Order PASSERIFORMES (continued). 
(Cf. Vol. iii. p. 165.) 
Sub-Order ACROMYODI (continued). 
(Of. Vol. iii. p. 229.) 
PASSERES NORMALES (continued). 
(Cf. Vol. iii. p. 229.) 
Family ZOSTEROPIDA. 
Genus ZOSTEROPS, Vig. § Horsf. 
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. g Schl. 
Zosterops japonica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 160 (1884); Seebohm, 
B. Japan. Emp. p. 68 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 78 (1899) ; 
Finsch, Das Tierreich, Zosterop. p. 11 (1901); Dresser, Man. Pal. 
Birds, pt. i. p. 221 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 1 (1906). 
Zosterops palpebrosus japonicus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 315 
(1905). 
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