404 BIRDS OCCURRING IN INDIA NOT DESCRIBED 



" It has its nearest ally in Z. palpebrosa of India, being, 

 like it, light grey on the underparts. An occasional specimen 

 or two, however, may be picked out of my Amoy series with a 

 tinge of chestnut brown on the under parts, showing the ten- 

 dency of the species towards the Japanese Z. japonica. Some 

 have the belly deeper grey than others ; the yellow on the throat 

 and vent varies in intensity, as also does the green of the upper 

 parts ; but these are chiefly distinctions of sex and age." — 

 Swinhoe. 



631 bis.— Zosterops ceylonensis, JSoldsw. 



Upper surface dark olive-green, deeper on the head and paler 

 on the upper tail-coverts ; a circle of small white feathers 

 round the eye ; lores and below the eye dusky, but not very 

 conspicuous ; chin, throat, and centre of breast greenish 

 yellow, shading at the sides of the neck and breast into the 

 colour of the back, and giving the appearance of an incom- 

 plete pectoral band ; the rest of the underparts bluish white, 

 darkest on the flanks, and sometimes tinged in the centre 

 with yellow ; under tail-coverts yellow ; quills and tail dusky 

 brown, both margined externally with olive green, and the 

 latter faintly marked with transverse striae. Sexes alike. 



Length, 4*75 inches ; wing, 2-4; tail, 1*8; bill at front, 

 •5 ; tarsus, '7. 



Bill dark leaden above, paler below ; irides light brown j 

 feet lavender.— -Holdswortk, P. Z. S. 1872, 459. 



634 bis.— iEgithaliscus leucogenys, Moore. 



Colour above grey, tinged with pinkish on the rump ; before 

 the eye and a broad streak over it black, passing to mixed 

 black and grey on the nape ; the centre of the head dusky 

 reddish isabelline ; base of lower mandible, below the eyes, 

 ear-coverts and sides of the neck white ; chin and throat jet 

 black ; abdomen pale pinkish-isabelline ; wings dusky and 

 having an isabelline tinge ; the winglet and coverts of the 

 primaries black ; the primaries and secondaries fringed exter- 

 nally with grey ; axillse white ; tail dusky, tinged with isa- 

 belline, the outer feathers graduated and obliquely tipped ex- 

 ternally with white, the centre feathers margined with grey ; 

 bill black ; feet yellowish brown. 



