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144 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on [Ibis, 



of these places, and I therefore designate Orissa as the 

 restricted type-locality. 



Measurements : wing 52-57 ; bill 11-12 mm. 



Distribution. Bengal, Orissa, E. Central Provinces and 

 southern India, including all the hilly country from Mysore 

 southwards, east and west, 



(2) Zosterops palpebrosa elwesi, subsp. nov. 



Very much brighter above, and more yellow and less 

 olive-green ; also paler below. 



Measurements : wing 49-53 mm. ; bill 8-9"5 mm. (in one 

 10 mm.). 



Distrilmtion. W. Central Provinces, Rajputana, N. W. India 

 and Himalayas to W. Assam, N. Shan States, and Kauri 

 Kachen Hills. 



l^ype : unsexed, Sikkim, 187G ; Elwes Coll. Tring 

 Museum. 



(3) Zosterops palpeljrosa egregia Madarasz, Ann. Mus. 

 Budapest, ix. 1911, p. 422, pi, xvi. hg, 1 : Ceylon. 



Below very pale, almost albescent ; above much as the 

 last. 



Measurements : wing 54-56 mm. ; bill 9-10 mm. 

 Distribution. Ceylon only. 



(4) Zosterops palpebrosa cacharensis, subsp. nov. 

 Besemblos typical palpebrosa closely, but is smaller and 



almost invariably has a distinct yellow streak down the 

 centre of the abdomen. In this respect it closely resembles 

 the pale southern form of aureiventer, but it has the long 

 greenish-black tail oi palpebrosa. 



Measurements : wing 49-54 mm. ; bill 9-10 mm. 



Distribution. Assam, south of the Brahmaputra, Manipur, 

 Lushai, Chittagong, C'hin Hills. 



Type. S, 7.12.95; Grunjong, N. Cacliar ; Baker Coll. 

 Tring Museum. 



(5) Zosterops palpebrosa peguensis, subsp. nov. 



Nearest to Z. p. simjdex from Amoy, China, but distin- 

 ouishable at a glance bv its much darker coloration, of a 



