LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Family ZOSTEROPID.-E. 
CCCCVin. Genus ZOSTEROPS. 
Zosterops Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 234, Feb. 17tli, 1827. Type (by monotypy) : 
Z. dorsalis Vigors and Horsfield. 
Luteozosterops Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., x>ts. 2-3, p. 30, Feb. 21st, 1023. Type (by original designation): 
Zosterops albiventris cairncrossi Mathews. 
536. ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS. WHITE-EYE. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi, SI (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 3, pi. 505, Dec 27th, 
1923. 
Sylvia lateralis Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lv., (after May 30th) 1801 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Zosterops dorsalis Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 235, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New- 
South Wales (Sydney). 
Dacnis weslernensis Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de l'Astrol., Vol. I., p. 215, pi. 11, fig. 4, (pref. June 29th) 1830: 
Western Port, Victoria. 
Zosterops australis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IX., p. 153, 1884 (Feb.), as synonym of Z. cartdescens 
Auct. = lat era Us ex. Ramsay, Ibis, 1863, p. ISO. Notn. Mid.: error only. 
Zosterops ramsayi Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 56, Feb. 1876 : Palm Island, Torres Straits. 
Zosterops westernensis vegeta Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. VI., p. 425, Dec. 9th, 1S99 : Capo York, Queensland. 
Zosterops halmaturina A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. 3, p. 143, Jan. 1st, 1906: Kangaroo Island, South 
Australia. 
Zosterops bowicc Horne, Emu, Vol. VII., pt. 1, p. 36, July 1st, 1907 : Morang, Victoria. Aberration only. 
Zosterops ch loroeepJtalus Campbell and White, Emu, Vol. X., pt. 3, p. 196, Dec. 1st, 1910 : Capricorn Group, 
Barrier Reef. 
Zosterops lateralis tasmanica Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 385, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Tasmania. 
Zosterops lateralis cornwalli Mathews, ib. : Mackay, (North) Queensland. 
Zosterops cccrulescetis Auctorum, not Cerlhia cartdescens Latham, 1801. 
Distribution. Eastern;Australia from Capo York, North Queensland, to Kangaroo Island, South Australia; 
Tasmania (Now Zealand). 
If there are two species, the names will be Zosterops lateralis and Zosterops dorsalis. 
537. ZOSTEROPS AUSTRALASIAS. GREEN-BACKED WHITE-EYE. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 82 (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 3, pi. 506, Dec. 27th, 
1923. 
Sylvia australasise Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XI., p. 235, June 21st, 1817 : Australasia= 
King George Sound, West Australia. 
Zosteropschloronotus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 165, July 1841 : King George Sound, West Australia. 
Not Dicccum chloronothos Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. IX., p. 408, 1817, which is a 
species of Zosterops. 
Zosterops gouldi Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 39S, 1850 (before Feb. 1851). New name " Z. chloronotus" 
Gould. 
Zoslerojys shorlridga Grant, Ibis, Oct. 1909, p. 663 (received B.M., Nov. 27th): Rabbit Island, Albany, South¬ 
west Australia. 
Zosterops gouldi warreni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3. p. 62, April 7th, 1916: Warren River, South- 
west Australia. 
Zosterops australasice. edwini Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pis. 2-3, p. 36, Feb. 2lBt, 1923: Carnarvon, 
(Mid) West Australia. 
Distribution. South-west Australia from King George Sound to Carnarvon. 
538. ZOSTEROPS ALBIVENTRIS. WHITE-BELLIED WHITE-EYE. 
Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 3, pi. 506, Dec. 27th, 1923. 
Zosterops albiventris Reichenbach, Handb. Spec. Ornitli., Abth. II. (Himdb. Merop.), p. 92 ; leones, Synops. Avium, 
Cont. IX., March 1st, 1S52, based on Hombr. et Jacq., pi. 19, f. 3, Tab. CCCCLXL, 3,298: “Oceunio"= 
Warrior Island, Torres Straits. 
Zosterops flavogularis Masters, I’ro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 00, Fob. 1870 : Cape Grenville, North Queensland. 
Zosterops albiventris cairncrossi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 02, April 7th, 1910: Cairucross 
Island, Barrier Reef, North Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
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