A NTHUS ZOSTEROPS 221 



In habits it is said not to differ from Richard's Pipit. Its 

 nest and eggs are as yet unknown. 



It was described from Eastern Siberia as a new species 

 (A. godlewsltii, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., 1876. p. 128) by Taczanowski, 

 who subsequently, however, ascertained that Siberian examples 

 do not differ specifically from Blyth's A. striolatus, and have 

 only the under parts somewhat less boldly striped. 



ZOSTEROPS, Vig. and Horsf., 1827. 



327. JAPANESE WHITE-EYE. 

 ZOSTEROFS JAPONICA. 



Zosterops japonica, Teinm. and Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves. p. 57, pi. 22 

 (1850) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. ix. p. 160 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. 

 Emp. p. 168. 

 Mejiro, Japan. 



ad, (Japan). Upper parts grass-green ; wings and tail dusky 

 externally margined with grass-green ; lores and forehead somewhat 

 yellower than the back ; a white ring round the eye, and a dusky spot in 

 front of and below the eye ; throat and fore neck sulphur-yellow ; breast 

 and flanks vinous brown ; abdomen whitish, under tail-coverts yellow. 

 Culmen 0-6, wing 2*32, tail T65, tarsus 0*7 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hctb. Japan. 



Frequents woods, groves and gardens, and is found both in the 

 hills and on the plains. In its general habits it is lively and active. 

 Its nest is constructed of moss and lichens, lined with horse- 

 hair, and is placed on a bush or low tree from 4 to 6 feet from 

 the ground, and the eggs, which are deposited in April, May, 

 and June, from 3 to 4 in number, are unspotted bluish white, 

 measuring about 0*65 by O49. 



328. CHINESE WHITE-EYE. 

 ZOSTEROPS ERYTHROPLEURA. 



Zosterops erythropleura, Swinhoe, Ibis. 1863, pp. 204, 208 ; Gould, B. of 

 Asia, ii. pi. 35 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. ix. p. 161 ; Tacz. F. 0. 

 Sib. 0. p. 198 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 85 ; Berezovski and 

 Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-su. &c. p. 125 ; Z. chloronotus, (nee. Vieill.) 

 Schrenck, Reis. Amurl. i. pt. 2. p. 365. 



