CATALOGUE 



OF 



BIRDS' EGGS 



VOL. V. 



Order PASSERIFORMES (continued). 

 (Of. Vol. iii. p. 165.) 



Sub-Order ACROMYODI (continued). 

 (Of. Vol. iii. p. 229.) 



PASSERES NORMALES (continued). 

 (Of. Vol. iii. p. 229.) 



Family ZOSTEROPID^E. 



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. $ Schl. 



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



B. Japan. Emp. p. 68 (1890) ; NeJirk. Kat. Eiersamml. 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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