394 messrs- robinson and kloss on 



zosteropidae. 



White-eyes. 



, J A pronounced yellow mesial abdominal stripe . . . . . . 2 



( Abdominal stripe absent or obsolete . . . . . . . . 3 



(Underside drab-grey with whitish abdomen, throat bright yellow 

 2 \ Zostcrops a. aurciventer 



(Underside grey, throat pale yellow . . • . Z. a. tahanensis 



., (Throat and under tail-coverts pale yellow '.. Z . palpebrosa ivilliamsoni 



t Throat and under tail -co verts bright yellow .. .. Z . palpehrosa swhs^g. 



568. Zosterops aureiventer aureiventer Hume. 



Zostewjys aureiventer, Hume, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878, p. 519 

 (Tavoy) ; id. op. cit. vii, 1878, p. 452 (Malay Peninsula) ; id. 

 op. cit. viii, 1879, p. 163; 0. i, p. 344; Robinson & Kloss, 

 Journ. F. M. S. Mus., viii, Pt. 2, 1918, pp. 251-2. 



1 sex inc. Koh Rah, P. Siam, 17 Feb. 1919 [No. 4066]. 



" Iris dark ; upper mandible black, lower slate, black at tip ; 

 feet slate ". 



Total length 103; wing 53; tail 37; tarsus 16; bill from 

 gape 15 mm. 



We think it probable that this species will be found to be 

 conlined almost exclusively to the coastal lands, and that all records 

 from inland and montane districts should be referred to Z. a. tahan- 

 sis. The F. M. S. Museums possess series from various places on the 

 coast of Selangor and from Pulo Kundur in the Rhio-Lingga 

 Archipelago. 



569. Zosterops aureiventer tahanensis Grant. 



Zosterops tahanensis, O.-Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club xix, 1906, 

 p. 10 (Gunong Tahan, Pahang) ; id., Journ. F. M. S. Mus., iii, 

 1908, p. 20 (Gunong Tahan); F., p. 79 (Trang) ; H., p. 110 

 (Bandon). 



Zostero2)s aureiventer (nee Hume), Hartert, ISTov. Zool. ix, 1902, 

 p. 575 (Gunong Tahan) ; E., p. 75 (Patani). 



$ . Tasan, Chumporn, P. Siam, 14 March 1919 [No. 4594]. 



" Iris dark ; maxilla black, mandible slate ; feet slate ". 



Total length 103; wing 51; tail 42; tarsus 13; bill from 



gape 13 mm. 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1950. 



B. Miiller, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga, 1882. F. Kobinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Gates, Birds Brit. Biirmah, Vols, i & ii, 1833. G. Gairdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, Joum. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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