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BIRDS OF BRITISH BUHMAH. 
326. ZOSTEROPS AURIVENTRIS, 
TEMMINCK^S WHITE-EYE. 
Zosterops lateralis, Temm. Mus, Lugd. ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1865, p. 15 ; Tweedd. Ibis, 
1877, p. 303 ; Hume, S. F. vii. p. 452, viii. p. 104. Zosterops auriventer, 
Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 519 ; Huine, S. F. viii. pp. 163, 497. Zosterops bux- 
toni, Nicholson, Ibis, 1879, p. 167. 
Description. — Male and female. In general like Z.palpebrosa, but differing 
in having the tail black without any greenish -yellow margins, in the yellow 
below being confined to the chin and upper margin of throat, in the 
abdomen being darker plumbeous, and in having a yellow line down 
the centre of the abdomen. 
The dimensions are the same as those of Z. palpebrosa, excepting that 
the tail is only 1*5 inches in length. 
Z. lateralis 3 Lath., has been identified with a Zosterops inhabiting New 
Zealand [of. BuUer, ' Birds of New Zealand,^ p. 80) ; and consequently 
Temminck^s name cannot be used. It may be convenient to allow Latham^s 
name to apply to the New-Zealand bird ; but I would remark that his 
description of the bird does not at all fit the New-Zealand Zosterops, the 
only bird of this genus known to inhabit those islands. Latham's bird 
came from New Holland ; and there is nothing in his description to show 
that it is a Zosterops at all. The Burmese bird has, however, been named 
by Messrs. Hume and Davison; and I think it preferable to adopt their 
name. 
Allied species from China are Z. erythropleura, with a maroon patch on 
either flank, and Z. subrosea, with a rosy tinge on the abdomen and sides 
of the body. 
Temminck''s White-eye was obtained by Mr. Davison in Tenasserim 
near Tavoy. 
It has also been found in J ava, Sumatra and Timor. 
