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N. KURODA : NOTES OF FORMOSAN BIRDS, WIT 1 1 



Family STURNID./E. 



114. JEthiopsar cristatellus formosamis Hartert. 



Kâren. 



Hartert, Bui. B. O. C, XXXI, 191 2, p. 14; sEtheopsar cristatellas 

 (nec Linn.), Uchida, Nihon Chörui Zusetsu, III, 191 5, p. S6, Pl. VI, fig-. 6; 

 Acridotherus cristatellus (nec L.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XIII, p. 92 ; 

 Tada, Taiwan Chörui Ippan, p. 40 ; Grant & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 160 ; 

 Grant, op. cit, 190S, p. 161; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon, 1912, p. 201. 



Tainan: May 9. I have seen this species only in the southern 

 parts of the island. 



Family ZOSTEROPID^E. 



115. Zosterops palpebrosa simplex Swinhoe. 

 Hime-mejiro. 



Uchida, Nihon Chörui Zusetsu, III, 1915, p. S8 ; Zo tcrops simplex 

 Swinh., P.Z.S., 187 1, p. 349 ; Tada, Taiwan Chörui Ippan, p. 28 ; Cirant 

 & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. f6p, Grant, op. cit., 1908, p. 602; Uchida, Annot. 

 Zool. Japon., 191 2, p. 202. 



Shüshü, Nantö Distr.: 1^, Ap. 28 ; Kansaishö, Tainan Distr.: & 

 2^s, May 10; Shintengai, Taihoku Distr.: 1^, May 19; Hokuto, Taihoku : 

 I ^, May 21; 2-£s, I Ç & 3 youngs, May 22; 2"£\s, 1 Ç & 1 young, May 23. 

 Very common on the plains. 



116. Zosterops palpebrosa hatanis McGregor. 

 Kikuchi-mejiro. 



Zosterops batanis McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci., 1907, 2, Sec. A, p. 343 ; 

 Man. Phil. Bds., II, 1909, p. 616. 



Five specimens of the subspecies were collected by Mr. Y. Kikuchi 

 on the island of Botel Tobago or Kötöshö, Jan. 10, 1909 and June 12, 1911. 

 The form is much larger than the common Formosan Zosterops palpebrosa 



