MNIOTILTINiE. 
very sliort weak bristles ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a broad groove, with the opening closed by a 
lunate scale. Wings moderate ; with the first quill very small, and the fourth and fifth equal and 
longest. Tail moderate, broad, and slightly emarginated in the middle. Tarsi rather longer than the 
middle toe, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes rather long ; with the outer toe rather longer 
than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe long, strong, and armed with a long curved claw. 
The species of this genus are found in India and its isles, Africa, and Australia. They are inhabitants of the forests 
jungles, thickets, and gardens, and are usually observed singly or in pairs, and at times in great numbers, moving 
actively among the branches of the trees or thickets, searching with the most careful scrutiny the leaves and flowers, for 
various kinds of insects, upon which they feed. Their flight is quick and darting, even while proceeding from tree to 
tree. The nest is composed of grass, moss, and wool, lined with fibrous roots and fine grass. The eggs are usually 
three in number. 
1. Z. madagascariensis (Linn.) Briss. Orn. iii. t. 28. f. 2. — 
Sylvia annulosa Swains. Zool. Illustr. pi. 1 64. Zosterops flavigula 
Swains. Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 132. 
2. Z. borbonica (Bodd.) PI. enl. 705. f. 2. — Zosterops cinereus 
Swains. 
3. Z. palpebrosa (Temm.) PI. col. 293. f. 3. 
4. Z. nicobarica (Blyth), Journ. A. S. B. xiv. p. 563. 
5. Z. lateralis (Lath.) G. R. Gray, Lamb. Icon. ined. iii. 34. 
Zosterops dorsalis Vig. § Hors/. ; Sylvia annulosa var. Swains. 
Zool. 111. pi. 165., Gould, B. of Austr. iv. pi. 81.; Z. tenuirostris 
Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 76. ; Certhia cserulescens Lath. Lamb. 
Icon. ined. ii. 66. ; C. diluta Shaw; Philedon caeruleus Cuv. 
6. Z. albogularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 75. 
7- Z. . — Zosterops cliloronotus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. 
p. 1 65., B. of Austr. iv. pi. 82. 
8. Z. lutea Gould, B. of Austr. iv. pi. 83. 
9. Z. . — Zosterops flava Swains. B. of W. Afr. pi. 3. 
10. Z. abyssinica Guer. Rev. Zool. 1834 p. 165. 
11. Z. cliloronotus (Vieill.) Ois. dor. t. 28 Certhia borbonie® 
Gmel. PI. enl. 681. f. 2.; Zosterops curvirostris Swains. 
12. Z. pallida Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 294. 
13. Z. ambigua Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 295- 
14. Z. conspicillata Kittl. Mem. de l'Acad. St. Petersb. 1835. n ' 
t. 4., Kittl. Kiipf. t. 19. f. 1. 
15. Z. flam (Horsf.) Hartl. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 170. 
16. Z. — Sylvia flava Meyen, Act. Leop. Kittl. KfiP 
t. 19. f. 2. 
17- Z. Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 19- ^ 
18. Z. Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 19- ^ ' 
19. Z. Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, Ois. t. 20. 0 j 
20. Z. westernensis (Quoy & Gaim.) Hartl. Voy. de l’AsV° 
Ois. t. 1 1. f. 2. 
21. Z . javanica (Horsf.) Hartl. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. *56- 
22. Z. lugubris Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 109. 
Yu HINA Hodgs * 
Bill rather long, and slightly curved, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 
which is acute and emarginated ; the lateral margins slightly indexed ; the gonys long, and slight 
ascending, and (he gape furnished with a few bristles ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a large gr°° ve ’ 
with the opening closed by a large lunate scale. Wings rather long, and rounded ; with the first thr^ 
quills graduated, and the fourth nearly as long as the fifth, which is the longest. Tail moderate ^ 
broad, with the end of each feather somewhat pointed. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, oo5 
in front with broad scales, with the divisions sometimes scarcely visible. Toes rather long, with ^ 
outer toe longer than the inner, and united at its base ; the hind toe long, strong, and armed 
strong curved claw. 
It is on the elevated mountains of Northern India that the species of this genus are found. They usually 
small flocks in the vast jungles ; preferring low bushy trees, in the midst of which they are seen hopping a ° 
in 
the sP ecieS: 
* Mr. Hodgson established this genus in 1831 ; the same author has also proposed the following divisions for subdividing 
Polyodon (1844), Ixulus (1845), and Myzornis (1843). 
