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p. 65, 1912, from the Pulu Tudju group north of Ceram. Though the description 

 does not agree with Z. o. seranensis, it must be a near ally, and as the Pulu Tudju 

 group appears to be very close to Ceram, should be included in the Ceram Fauna. 

 Perhaps ohstinatus and its allies, ternatanus and seranensis, might be looked upon 

 as subspecies of Z. chloris !) 



398. Zosteiops admiralitatis R. & H. = Zosterops fuscicapilla admiralitatis. 



Zosterops admiraUtatis Rothschild & Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xxxiii.-p. 108 (1914 — Manua, Admiralty 

 Islands) ; of. also Nov. Zool. 1914. p. 298 ! 



Type : ^ ad., Manus, 23. ix. 1913. Eichhorn leg. (No. 6,132 of the. A. S. 

 Meek collections.) 



399. Zosteiops semperi owstoni Hart. = Zosterops semperi owstoni. 

 Zosterops semperi owstcmi Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 2 (1900 — Ruk Island). 



Type : ad., Truk (or Ruk) Island, Carolines, 7. v. 1896. (Collected by Alan 

 Owston's Japanese collectors.) 



400. Zosterops meeki Hartert = Zosterops meeki. 



Zosterops meeki Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 528 (1898 — Sudest Island, Louisiade group). 



Type : ^ ad., Sudest Island, 18. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek leg. No. 1,753. 

 We have now 10 specimens of this beautiful species. 



401. Zosterops palpebiosa alani Hart. = Zosterops palpebrosa alani. 



Zosterops paJpebrosa alani Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xv. p. 45 (1905 — South Dionisio, Volcano Islands, 

 south of the Bonin group). 



Typ® • c? ad.. South Dionisio, 29. v. 1904. Collected by Alan Owston's 

 Japanese collectors. 



402. Zosterops palpebrosa foghaensis Stres. = Zosterops palpebrosa foghaensis. 

 Zosterops paipehrosa foghaensis Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xix. p. 347 (1912 — Gunong Fogha, Buru). 



Type and unique specimen : $ ad., Gunong Fogha, 5,500 feet, 28. ii. 1912. 

 Erwin Stresemann leg. No. 1,091. 



403. Zosterops palpebrosa hartert! Stres. = Zosterops palpebrosa harterti. 

 Zosterops paVp'ebrosa harterti Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xLx. p. 347 (1912 — Alor). 

 Type : c? ad., Alor, SO.iii. 1897. Alfred Everett leg. 



f 404. Zosterops clara Sharpe = Zosterops atricapilla Salvad. 

 Zosterops clara Sharpe, Ibis, 1888. p. 479 (Kina Balu, Borneo). 



Type : $ ad., Mt. Kina Balu, 4,000 feet, 9.iii. 1888. John Whitehead leg. 

 No. 2,179. 



(Sharpe, when describing Z. clara, did not compare it with Z, atricapilla 

 (Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiv. p. 215, 1879), which he quite overlooked- 

 After comparing two skins from Mt. Korinchi, Sumatra, collected by Robinson 

 and Kloss, with six from Kina Balu, I must agree with Finsch, who united clara 



