1922.] some Oriental Zosteropidc. 145 



more olive, less golden tint. The Tenasserim birds, six in 

 number, in the collection o£ the British Museum are distinctly 

 more olive than those from other parts of Burma, but are 

 very close to them, and for the time I keep all the Burmese 

 birds under the one name. The throat of this race is a very 

 pale, almost lemon yellow. 



Measurements : wing 53-58 mm., bill 9*0 to 10 mm. 



Distrihution. Southern Burma, from Pegu, through the 

 greater portion of eastern Burma to Yunnan, Hainan and 

 Formosa. From the last two places the birds differ slightly, 

 but are very near indeed to the Burmese form. 



Type. S. Brit.Mus.Iieg. No. ^6/12/1/1700. Moulmein, 

 4.12.78. 



(G) Zosterops palpebrosa simplex Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 331 : Auioy (nom. nud.) ; id., P. Z. S. 1863, p. 203. 



Similar to Z. p. paljiehrosa, but duller, more olive-green 

 above and darker and greyer below, but still brighter and 

 more yellow than in peguensis. 



Measurements : wing 51-56*5 mm., bill 8*5-10 mm. 



Distribution. Eastern China. 



There are ap[)arently several forms in China which 

 require working out. Thus there are two southern forms, 

 one much darker than the other and apparently having an 

 east and west distribution ; asjain, the Kukiane bird can 

 at once be picked out from all others by its pale yellow 

 throat. 



(7) Zosterops palpebrosa nicobariensis Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 xiv. 1845, p. 563 : Xicobars. 



Similar to Z. p. palpebrosa h'om southern India, but darker 

 and with a much larger bill, 11-12 mm., as compared with 

 birds from N.W.India: wing 52-55 mm. I cannot separate 

 Richmond's uenim//s from the Car Nicobars (Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. XXV. 1902, p. 288). 



Distribution. Andamans and Nicobars, including Car 

 Nicobar. 



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