CRATEROPODIN^. 67 



examples collected by Mr. Hoist oa the Parry Islands and on one of 

 the Baily Islands. 



It is a Timeliine Warbler, probably allied to Stachyris. In 1848 it 

 was doubtfully referred to the genus lora (Gray, Genera of Birds, i. 

 p. 199); but in 1854 the genus Apalopteron was invented for its 

 reception (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 59). 



32. ZOSTEROPS PALPEBROSA. 



(INDIAN WHITE-EYE.) 



Zosterops palpebrosa, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 293, fig. 3 (1824). 



The Chinese form of the Indian White-eye is a little bird, not 

 much larger than a Golden-crested Wren, with a white ring round 

 its eye, olive above and white belOw, shading into pale grey on the 

 flanks and breast, and into yellow on the throat and under tail- 

 coverts. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Asia, ii. pi. 34 (Chinese form) . 



The Chinese White-eye is said to share with the Tree-Sparrow the 

 honour of being the commonest bird in the Loo-Choo Islands 

 (Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, p. 234). 



Its range extends to Formosa, South China, and Hainan. It is 

 not nearly so yellow a green on the upper parts as the typical form, 

 which inhabits India and Burma, but intermediate forms occasion- 

 ally occur. 



The examples from the Loo-Choo Islands are rather large (wing 

 from carpal joint 3"15 to 2"35 inches), and the bills are large ('4 inches 

 from frontal feathers) ; they closely resemble examples from the 

 Eastern Himalayas, Andaman Islands, and the Nicobars, the Zoste- 

 rops nicobarica of Blyth. 



The Chinese form has been named Zosterops simplex (Swinhoe, 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 331), and is fairly entitled to be regarded as sub- 

 specifically distinct under the name of Zosterops palpebrosa simplex. 

 Possibly the examples from the Loo-Choo Islands, whicli have been 

 named Zosterops looehooensis (Tristram, Ibis, 1889, p. 229) , ought to 

 be recognized as Zosterops palpebrosa nicobarica. 



\'2 



