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Zosterops novae guineae Salvadori, 1878 Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Genova, 1878 (12): 341. Current name: Zosterops novaeguineae novaeguineae Salvadori, 1878. Syntype NHMO-BI-86649 [I019616]; Study skin; F; Antonie Augustus Bruijn (b), June 1874; Indonesia: Arfak [Arfak Mountains]; 1.083° S 133.967° E; 16a. Remarks: This specimen was received from Genoa in 1888 and is indicated as ‘tipico’ in the accompanying list (see discussion of Melanocharis chloroptera above). The original label is not present, only a replacement label that has been added at NHMO (Figure 6c). Salvadori (1878) did not specify an exact number of specimens in his original publication, but in Salvadori (1881), he listed eight specimens (a–h) as types of the species. Based on the information available on the current label, the NHMO specimen corresponds to specimen b. Salvadori spelled the specific epithet in two words, ‘ novae guineae’, in both of the mentioned publications, but in accordance with article 32.5.2.2 of the Code (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999) it has later been changed to the current ‘novaeguineae’. Three other syntypes are in MSNG (C.E. 11526–11528; Arbocco et al. 1979), corresponding to specimens e, g and h in Salvadori (1881), and in MRSN specimen a is registered as MZUT Av4174 (Aimassi et al. 2020; Giorgio Aimassi, pers. comm.). A fifth specimen is in RMNH (RMNH 90782, collected by Bruijn in Arfak, 30 January 1876; Dekker & Quaisser 2006). This was not listed by Salvadori (1881), but as Salvadori in his original description wrote that he had examined several specimens collected by Beccari and Bruijn in the Arfak mountains, also this RMNH specimen must be considered part of the type series., Published as part of Johannessen, Lars Erik & Lifjeld, Jan T., 2022, Type specimens of birds in the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway, pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 5150 (4) on pages 469-470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6626759, {"references":["Salvadori, T. (1878) Descrizione di trentuna specie nuove di uccelli della sottoregione papuana, e note intorno ad altre poco conosciute. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 12, 317 - 347.","Salvadori, T. (1881) Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche. Vol. 2. Stamperia Reale della ditta G. B. Paravia E Comp., Torino, 705 pp.","International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) International code of zoological nomenclature. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.","Arbocco, G., Capocaccia, L. & Violani, C. (1979) Catalogo dei tipi di uccelli del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 82, 184 - 265.","Aimassi, G., Pulcher, C. & Ghiraldi, L. (2020) Type specimens of birds in the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (Torino, Italy). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, 189, 65 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.37520 / jnmpnhs. 2020.007","Dekker, R. W. R. J. & Quaisser, C. (2006) Type-specimens of birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. Part 3. Passerines: Pachycephalidae - Corvidae (Peters's sequence). NNM Technical Bulletin, 9, 1 - 77."]}

Zosterops lateralis Sundevall, 1850: 101. VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. in Caffraria superiore, campestri, prope Vaal Revier (26- 27°). ” CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Zosterops pallidus Swainson, 1838; Zosteropidae (Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 520). Sometimes recognized as a subspecies (not supported by DNA) under the name Zosterops pallidus sundevalli Hartlaub, 1865; see below under comments for details. STATUS REFERENCE: Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 520 and Bowie 2005: 823–824 (includes sundevalli Hartlaub, 1865 (see Gyldenstolpe 1926: 35, deserticola Reichenow, 1905 and haigamchabensis Bradfield, 1944). TYPE MATERIAL: We can find no indication in Sundevall’s original description text that he had more than a single specimen at hand, but according to his acquisition catalogue he apparently had three available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 35) refers to NRM 568713 [6678] as a “type”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 5 August 1843 north of the Vaal River. The two paralectotypes are: NRM 555448 [6679], a study skin of an adult female collected 5 August 1843 north of the Vaal River; and a specimen [6677] of unknown sex and only noted as “Caffr. Inf.” sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB database). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: North of Vaal River, North West Province. COMMENTS: Collected on the same day as the type of Alauda fasciolata (see above). The type locality is probably just south of Potchefstroom. Since this name was shown to be a homonym of Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801), a species from Australia and neighboring islands, Hartlaub created a substitute name, Zosterops sundevalli (Hartlaub 1865: 8–9). NRM 568713 is also the lectotype for Zosterops sundevalli. Zosterops pallidus Swainson, 1838, based on “Dr. Burchell’s Coll. No. 43”, collected on the north bank of the Orange River, about 16 km east of Prieska on 18 Sept 1811, has priority over both names. The type specimen is in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History., Published as part of Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, pp. 521-560 in Zootaxa 5134 (4) on page 550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6541737, {"references":["Sundevall, C. J. (1850) Foglar fran sodra Afrika. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar, 7 (4), 96 - 111.","Dickinson, E. C. & Christidis, L. (2014) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4 th Edition. Vol. 2. Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, 752 pp.","Hartlaub, G. (1865) Monographischer Versuch uber die Gattung Zosterops. Journal fur Ornithologie, 13 (73), 1 - 30. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02261150","Bowie, R. C. K. (2005) Zosterops lateralis. In: Hockey, P. A. R., Dean, W. R. J. & Ryan, P. G. (Eds.), Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 7 th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, pp. 823 - 824.","Gyldenstolpe, N. (1926) Types of birds in the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm. Arkiv f or Zoologi, 19, 1 - 116."]}

Zosterops capensis Sundevall, 1850: 102. VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Habitat in regione urbis Capensis, ubi frequens videtur; non e Caffraria nobis alata.” CURRENT STATUS: Zosterops capensis capensis Sundevall, 1850; Zosteropidae (Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 520), includes atmorii Sharpe, 1877, and virens Sundevall. TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall (1850: 102) mentioned both male and female in his type description. His acquisition catalogue lists two specimens received from Wahlberg. Possible syntypes are two older specimens received in 1837 from Jacob Letterstedt (1796–1862), the Swedish-Norwegian Consul in Cape Town. These were identified as Sylvia palpebrosa but later corrected by Sundevall to Zosterops capensis. The two specimens figured by Levaillant (1802, plate 132) should also be part of the original type series. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 35) refers to NRM 568711 [4578] as a “type”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this study skin of an adult male collected 13 March 1839 in Rondebosch. The five paralectotypes are: NRM 568712 [4579], a study skin of an adult female collected 21 March 1839 in Rondebosch; NRM 90140118 [4210], a male collected before 1837 in the Cape area (only “Cap” given) by J. Letterstedt; an unsexed specimen [4209] also collected before 1837 in the Cape area by Letterstedt and sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB database); and finally the two specimens figured by Levaillant (1802, plate 132). Specimens collected by Levaillant in South Africa are scattered in several museum collections (Rookmaaker 1989). We have not attempted to trace Levaillant’s Zosterops specimens. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape Province. COMMENTS: The entry in the journal for this day confirms date and place., Published as part of Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, pp. 521-560 in Zootaxa 5134 (4) on page 550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6541737, {"references":["Sundevall, C. J. (1850) Foglar fran sodra Afrika. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar, 7 (4), 96 - 111.","Dickinson, E. C. & Christidis, L. (2014) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4 th Edition. Vol. 2. Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, 752 pp.","Gyldenstolpe, N. (1926) Types of birds in the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm. Arkiv f or Zoologi, 19, 1 - 116.","Rookmaaker, L. C. (1989) The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650 - 1790. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 368 pp."]}

Zosterops virens Sundevall, 1850: 101. VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Caffraria; tum inferiore, juxta P:t Natal, cum superiore sylvatica, ad 25° Lat:s. ” CURRENT STATUS: Zosterops capensis virens Sundevall, 1850; Zosteropidae (Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 520). STATUS REFERENCE: Recognised as a full species (Zosterops virens) by White 1963: 92–93 and Moreau 1967: 333 (both include atmorii Sharpe, 1877 and capensis Sundevall, 1850), and by Smith & Bowie 2005: 823–824 (who include atmorii, caniviridis Clancey, 1962, and capensis, as subspecies of Z. virens). See the taxonomic note in Smith & Bowie (2005): 822–823), who state that “neither green (Z. v. virens and Z. v. caniviridis) nor grey (Z. v. capensis and Z. v. atmorii) morphs are genetically distinguishable based on present sampling; we have taken the conservative route and subsumed Z. v. caniviridis within Z. v. virens, and Z. v. atmorii within Z. v. capensis ”. TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall in his original description (1850:101) mentioned both males and females. According to his acquisition catalogue and catalogue of duplicates in combination, he must have had five specimens at hand for the description. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 34–35) referred to NRM 568709 [6675] as a “type”; which we treat as a lectotype designation of this male collected 15 August 1840 in Durban. The four paralectotypes are: NRM 568710 [6676], a female collected 12 June 1840 in Durban; NRM 90140115 [6674], a male collected 24 September 1843 in Matlapengberg; NRM 90140114 [6673], a male collected 29 June 1840 in Pietermaritzburg; and a male [4703] collected 30 September 1839 in Durban and sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB database). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. COMMENTS: There is no entry in the journal, but dates and places are in line with other specimens collected at the same time., Published as part of Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, pp. 521-560 in Zootaxa 5134 (4) on pages 550-551, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6541737, {"references":["Sundevall, C. J. (1850) Foglar fran sodra Afrika. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar, 7 (4), 96 - 111.","Dickinson, E. C. & Christidis, L. (2014) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4 th Edition. Vol. 2. Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, 752 pp.","White, C. M. N. (1963) A Revised Check List of African Flycatchers, Tits, Tree Creepers, Sunbirds, White-eyes, Honey eaters, Buntings, Finches, Weavers and Waxbills. Government Printer, Lusaka, 122 pp.","Moreau, R. E. (1967) African Zosteropidae. In: Paynter Jr., R. A. (Ed.), Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 327 - 337.","Smith, N. & Bowie, R. C. K. (2005) Zosterops capensis. In: Hockey, P. A. R., Dean, W. R. J. & Ryan, P. G. (Eds.), Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 7 th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, pp. 822 - 823.","Gyldenstolpe, N. (1926) Types of birds in the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm. Arkiv f or Zoologi, 19, 1 - 116."]}

Zosterops senegalensis senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850 LITERATURE. — Bannerman (1931); Green & Sayer (1979); Holyoak & Seddon (1989); Thonnérieux et al. (1989); Dowsett (1993); Balanca & de Visscher (1997); Mauvais (1998); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Portier (2002c); Portier et al. (2002); Balanca et al. (2007); Sinclair & Ryan (2010); Dowsett et al. (2013). FIELD DATA. — eBird; GBIF; WABD; XC. STATUS. — Resident; Breeding., Published as part of Boano, Giovanni, Belemsobgo, Urbain, Silvano, Fabrizio, Hema, Emmanuel M., Belemsobgo, Aristide, Dimobe, Kangbéni & Pavia, Marco, 2022, An annotated checklist of the birds of Burkina Faso, pp. 27-107 in Zoosystema 44 (2) on page 87, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a2, http://zenodo.org/record/5999691, {"references":["BANNERMAN D. A. 1931. - Liste des oiseaux observes en 1928 par M. G. - L. Bates pendant son voyage du Nord de la Nigerie au Senegal, a travers le Soudan Francais et les territoires du Haut-Niger et de la Haute-Volta. L'Oiseau et la Revue francaise d'ornithologie NS 1: 594 - 617.","GREEN A. A. & SAYER J. A. 1979. - The birds of Pendjari and Arly National Parks (Benin and Upper Volta). Malimbus 1: 14 - 28.","HOLYOAK D. T. & SEDDON M. B. 1989. - Distributional notes on the birds of Burkina Faso. Bulletin of the British ornithologists' Club 109: 205 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.25226 / bboc. v 139 i 2.2019. a 7","THONNERIEUX Y., WALSH J. F. & BORTOLI L. 1989. - L'avifaune de la ville de Ouagadougou et ses environs (Burkina Faso). Malimbus 11: 7 - 39.","DOWSETT R. J. 1993. - Afrotropical avifaunas: annotated country checklists, in DOWSETT R. J. & DOWSETT- LEMAIRE F. (eds). A Contribution to the Distribution and Taxonomy of Afrotropical and Malagasy birds Tauraco Research Report 5, Tauraco Press, Liege: 1 - 322.","BALANCA G. & DE VISSCHER M. - N. 1997. - Composition et evolution saisonniere d'un peuplement d'oiseaux au nord du Burkina Faso (Nord-Yatenga). Malimbus 19: 68 - 94.","MAUVAIS G. 1998. - Recensement des especes d'oiseaux de Bois de Boulogne a Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) en saison de pluie. Alauda 66: 324 - 328.","BORROW N. & DEMEY R. 2001. - Birds of Western Africa. Christopher Helm, London, 832 p.","BORROW N. & DEMEY R. 2014. - Field Guide of the Birds of Western Africa. II edition. Christopher Helm, London, 592 p.","PORTIER B. 2002 c. - Liste de l'avifaune du Ranch de Gibier de Nazinga. http: // environnement. wallonie. be / projet _ nazinga / PDF / Liste _ oiseaux _ Nazinga. pdf.","PORTIER B., LUNGREN C. & OUEDA G. H. 2002. - Birding in Burkina Faso, more than just birdwatching. Dutch Birding 24: 127 - 141.","BALANCA G., CORNELIS D. & WILSON R. 2007. - Les oiseaux du complexe WAP. ECOPAS. Cirad, Montpellier.","SINCLAIR I. & RYAN P. 2010. - Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. II edition. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 768 p.","DOWSETT R. J., ATKINSON P. W. & CADDICK J. A. 2013. - Checklist of the birds of Burkina Faso: 1 - 12. https: // www. africanbirdclub. org / [accessed 14 October 2013]."]}

Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte, 1850: 398. Now: Zosterops meyeni meyeni (Bonaparte, 1850). See Hartlaub (1865: 17), Gadow (1884: 180), Finsch (1901: 22). Syntype: Same specimen as holotype of Sylvia flava Meyen, 1834a (see above). Other syntypes comprise type material of Dicaeum flavum Kittlitz, 1833 (see above under Sylvia flava Meyen). Type locality. As for Sylvia flava Meyen, 1834 (see above), and type locality of Dicaeum flavum Kittlitz (1833: 15) which is Luzon, Philippines (Kittlitz 1833: 15). Remarks. Zosterops meyeni was created by Bonaparte (1850: 398) as a new replacement name for Sylvia flava Meyen, 1834a. See under the latter name for further discussion., Published as part of Ml��kovsk��, Ji���� & Frahnert, Sylke, 2017, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected during F. J. F. Meyen's circumnavigation in 1830 ��� 1832, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 4250 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/439779, {"references":["Bonaparte, C. - L. (1850) Conspectus Generum Avium. Vol. 1. Part 2. E. J. Brill, Leiden [\" Lugduni Batavorum \"], 192 pp. [pp. 273 - 464]","Hartlaub, G. (1865) Monographischer Versuch uber die Gattung Zosterops. Journal fur Ornithologie, 13, 1 - 30. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02261150","Gadow, H. (1884) Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds, in the collection of the British Museum. Cinnyrimorphae: containing the families Nectariniidae and Meliphagidae (Sun-birds and Honey-eaters). In: Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 9. British Museum, London, xii + 311 pp.","Finsch, O. (1901) Das Tierreich. 15. Zosteropidae. R. Friedlander und Sohn, Berlin, xiv + 55 pp.","Meyen, F. J. F. (1834 a) Vogel. In: Meyen, F. J. F. (Ed.), Beitrage zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher, 8 (Supplement), pp. 59 - 124.","Kittlitz, F. H. von (1833) Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vogel. Part 2. Johann David Sauerlander, Frankfurt am Main, 12 pp., 12 pls. [pp. 9 - 20, pls. 13 - 24]"]}

Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte, 1850: 398. Now: Zosterops meyeni meyeni (Bonaparte, 1850). See Hartlaub (1865: 17), Gadow (1884: 180), Finsch (1901: 22). Syntype: Same specimen as holotype of Sylvia flava Meyen, 1834a (see above). Other syntypes comprise type material of Dicaeum flavum Kittlitz, 1833 (see above under Sylvia flava Meyen). Type locality. As for Sylvia flava Meyen, 1834 (see above), and type locality of Dicaeum flavum Kittlitz (1833: 15) which is Luzon, Philippines (Kittlitz 1833: 15). Remarks. Zosterops meyeni was created by Bonaparte (1850: 398) as a new replacement name for Sylvia flava Meyen, 1834a. See under the latter name for further discussion.

Host: Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 ���Japanese White-eye One species of chewing louse was found on this host, Published as part of Najer, Tomas, Sychra, Oldrich, Hung, Nguyen Manh, Capek, Miroslav, Podzemny, Petr & Literak, Ivan, 2012, Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from wild passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in northern Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 59-73 in Zootaxa 3530 on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215422

Zosterops goodfellowi Hartert Zosterops goodfellowi Hartert, 1903c: 13 (Apo Volcano, Mindanao, 8000 feet). Now Lophozosterops goodfellowi goodfellowi (Hartert, 1903). See Mees, 1969: 192–193, Dickinson et al., 1991: 402, Kennedy et al., 2000: 337–338, and van Balen, 2008: 481. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 701415, adult female, collected on Mount Apo, 8000 ft, 06.59N, 125.16E (Dickinson et al., 1991: 415), Mindanao Island, Philippines, in April 1903, by Walter Goodfellow (no. 124A). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert gave the Goodfellow number ‘‘124A’’ of the holotype, but did not say how many specimens he examined. AMNH 701414, female, collected on Mount Apo in April 1903 is a paratype. Both of Goodfellow’s specimens were numbered ‘‘124,’’ but Hartert added the ‘‘A’’ to Goodfellow’s label on the type and to the Rothschld type label. Another specimen, AMNH 701416, was collected on Mount Apo in February 1905, after the publication of the name., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 35, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1903 c. [Mr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and described some new species of birds, mostly discovered by Mr. Walter Goodfellow on Mt. Apo ….]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 14: 10 - 14.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Dickinson, E. C., R. S. Kennedy, and K. C. Parkes. 1991. The birds of the Philippines. B. O. U. Check-list No. 12. Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 507 pp.","Kennedy, R. S., P. C. Gonzales, E. C. Dickinson, H. C. Miranda, Jr., and T. H. Fisher. 2000. A guide to the birds of the Philippines. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 369 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops crassirostris Hartert Zosterops crassirostris Hartert, 1897b: 172 (South Flores). Now Heleia crassirostris (Hartert, 1897). See Mees, 1969: 209–211, White and Bruce, 1986: 419, and van Balen, 2008: 483. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 701445, adult male, collected in southern Flores, 3500 ft, on 28 October 1896, by collectors for Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Hartert did not designate a type in the original description or say how many specimens he examined; nor did he (Hartert, 1897d: 519–520) later add information, except to say that Everett sent a ‘‘fine series.’’ Seven specimens came to AMNH; Hartert (1920: 437) designated as lectotype the single specimen with the date 28 October and altitude 3500 feet. The paralectotypes in AMNH, all collected in southern Flores in October 1896 (with no day or altitude given), are: males, AMNH 701441–701444; females, AMNH 701446, 701447. The species is illustrated in Hartert (1897d: pl. III, fig. 2)., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 39, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1897 b. Descriptions of seven new species of birds and one new subspecies from Flores, and of one new subspecies from Djampea, all collected by Mr. Alfred Everett. Novitates Zoologicae 4: 170 - 172.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce. 1986. The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. check-list no. 7. London: British Ornithologists' Union, 524 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Hartert, E. 1897 d. On the birds collected by Mr. Everett in south Flores. Part I. Novitates Zoologicae 4: 513 - 528, pl. III.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505."]}

Zosterops aignani Hartert Zosterops aignani Hartert, 1899b: 210 (St. Aignan Island, in the Louisiade Archipelago). Now Zosterops griseotinctus griseotinctus Hartert, 1899. See Mees, 1961a: 131–137, Coates, 1990: 333, Dickinson, 2003: 628, and van Balen, 2008: 262–263. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700680, adult male, collected on Kimuta Island, 10.50S, 152.55E (PNG, 1984), (not St. Aignan 5 Misima), Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, on 7 December 1897, by Albert S. Meek (no. 1132). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert did not designate a type. Later, Rothschild and Hartert (1903c: 453) listed Meek’s specimen no. 1132 as the type, thereby designating it the lectotype. LeCroy and Peckover (1998: 227–228) gave reasons why Hartert probably only studied specimens in this collection purchased by Rothschild and not others turned over to a dealer for sale; paralectotypes in AMNH, all collected in 1897, are: AMNH 700681 (Meek no. 1057), male, 30 November; AMNH 700682 (969), male, 5 September; AMNH 700683 (968), male, 5 September; AMNH 700684 (973), female, 5 September; AMNH 700685 (971), female, 5 September; AMNH 700686 (923), female, 31 July; AMNH 700687 (1197), female, 17 December. Of these, AMNH 700683 and 700685 were exchanged to FMNH in the early 1960s. LeCroy and Peckover (1998: 232) found that the type specimen of Zosterops aignani, labeled as having come from Misima (5 St. Aignan), was actually collected on the small island of Kimuta, offshore from Misima, that Meek’s 5 September specimens could have been collected either on Misima or Kimuta, that his 31 July specimen was probably collected on a small island on his way to Misima, and that his 17 December specimen was from Kimuta. We did not see it on Misima nor has it been reported there by others. Mees (1961a: 135–137) and Mayr (1967: 311) considered aignani a synonym of Z. g. griseotinctus, but Coates (1990: 333) and Dickinson (2003: 628) recognized it. More recently, van Balen (2008: 462) again synonymized it with nominate griseotinctus. Z. griseotinctus is a small island specialist; the source of these island populations and the subspecies limits among them need to be reexamined. Benson (1999: 139) did not accept Hartert’s (1920: 436) listing of the type as a lectotypification and cited a ‘‘syntype’’ in UMZC; however, Rothschild and Hartert (1903c: 453) had also earlier designated this same specimen as the lectotype. Hartert’s (1918: 4, 1919a: 123) purpose in publishing on the Rothschild types was to ‘‘fix’’ the type specimen, when that specimen was in the Rothschild Collection. Warren and Harrison (1971: 9) accepted this designation and did not list ‘‘St. Aignan’’ specimens in BMNH. The ‘‘paralectotype’’ that Benson cited was collected on 17 December on Kimuta Island; it probably was not in Hartert’s hand when this subspecies was named., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on pages 21-22, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1899 b. On the birds collected by Mr. Meek on St. Aignan Island in the Louisiade Archipelago. Novitates Zoologicae 6: 206 - 217.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 2. Passerines. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications, 576 pp.","Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Rothschild, W., and E. Hartert. 1903 c. Notes on Papuan birds. XXVII. Zosterops. Novitates Zoologicae 10: 451 - 453.","LeCroy, M., and W. S. Peckover. 1998. Misima's missing birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 118: 217 - 238.","Mayr, E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, Indo-Australian taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr. (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 289 - 326. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.","Benson, C. W. 1999. Type specimens of bird skins in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, United Kingdom. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications No. 4, 221 pp.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505.","Warren, R. L. M., and C. J. O. Harrison. 1971. Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2. Passerines. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 628 pp."]}

Zosterops lateralis macmillani Mayr Zosterops lateralis macmillani Mayr, 1937: 2 (Tanna, New Hebrides). Now Zosterops lateralis macmillani Mayr, 1937. See Mees, 1969: 97–100, Bregulla, 1992: 252, Dickinson, 2003: 629, and van Balen, 2008: 467– 468. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 330518, adult male, collected at Whitesands (5 White Sands, as on label), ca. 19.31S, 169.26E, eastern Tanna Island, Vanuatu (5 New Hebrides), on 11 October 1935, by Lindsay Macmillan (no. 20), on the Whitney South Sea Expedition. COMMENTS: Mayr gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and measurements for seven male and seven female specimens. Only specimens from Macmillan’s 1935 collection were available when Mayr published macmillani, and there were, in fact, 16 specimens. The 15 paratypes are: males, AMNH 336870–336875, Tanna; AMNH 336876, 336877, Aniwa; females, AMNH 336880–336884, Tanna; AMNH 336885, 336886, Aniwa. Whitesands was the British administrative headquarters during the period of the New Hebrides Condominium. Mees (1969: 97–100) synonymized macmillani with vatensis but restricted the range of vatensis to the southern islands of Vanuatu and this was apparently followed by van Balen (2008: 467); Bregulla (1992: 252) listed the Tanna and Aniwa birds under Z. l. tropicus and omitted macmillani without comment. Dickinson (2003: 629) continued to recognize macmillani, and I agree with him. A check of the specimens in AMNH shows that the characters given by Mayr for macmillani are valid and, in addition, that the tarsus may be longer, heavier, and lighter in color., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 32, {"references":["Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Bregulla, H. L. 1992. Birds of Vanuatu. Oswestry, Shropshire, England: Anthony Nelson, 294 pp.","Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops alberti Rothschild and Hartert Zosterops alberti Rothschild and Hartert, 1908b: 364 (San Cristobal). Now Zosterops rendovae rendovae Tristram, 1882. See Mees, 1961a: 157–162, Mayr, 1967: 313, Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 397, and van Balen, 2008: 464. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 700667, adult male, collected on Anuta (5 Yanuta) Island, 10.20S, 161.21E (USBGN, 1974b), Makira (5 San Cristobal) Island, Solomon Islands, on 25 April 1908, by Albert S. Meek (no. 4078). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Rothschild and Hartert designated as the holotype the specimen bearing Meek’s unique number 4078. Their type series comprised three males and three females from Anuta and Makira, with Meek’s numbers listed. Paratypes, all collected in 1908, are: Makira, females, AMNH 700665 (Meek no. 4124), 1 May; AMNH 700666 (4123), 1 May; Anuta, males, AMNH 700668 (4086), 26 April; AMNH 700669 (4102) 27 April; female, AMNH 700670 (4103), 27 April. The entire island of San Cristobal is today called Makira, but there is a Makira Harbor in the northwest part of the island within which is the island of Anuta. This is undoubtedly where Meek anchored his boat. Mees (1961a: 157–162) and van Balen (2008: 464) correctly used Z. r. rendovae for the Makira subspecies as it was shown that the original description of rendovae applied to the Makira bird., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 25, {"references":["Rothschild, W., and E. Hartert. 1908 b. On a collection of birds from San Christoval, Solomon Islands. Novitates Zoologicae 15: 359 - 365.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Mayr, E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, Indo-Australian taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr. (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 289 - 326. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.","Mayr, E., and J. M. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 492 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops palpebrosa mandibularis Stresemann Zosterops palpebrosa mandibularis Stresemann, 1931a: 211 (Maimbun (Sulu-Inseln)). Now Zosterops everetti mandibularis Stresemann, 1931. See Mees, 1957: 154–155, and van Balen, 2008: 449–450. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 700030, adult male, collected at Maimbun, 05.56N, 121.02E (Dickinson et al., 1991: 421), Sulu Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, on 1 May 1883, by H. Guillemard. From the Rothschild Museum. COMMENTS: In the original description, Stresemann designated as type the single male in the Rothschild Collection collected at Maimbun on 1 May 1883. He gave as the range Maimbun, Tawi-Tawi Island, and Bongao Island. The following specimens are paratypes: collected by Guillemard on 1 May 1883, AMNH 700029, female, Maimbun; collected by Everett in July 1893, AMNH 700031, male, Tawi-Tawi, AMNH 700032 and AMNH 700033, males, Bongao. This form was named after the publication of the final list of types in the Rothschild Collection (Hartert, 1931)., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 10, {"references":["Stresemann, E. 1931 a. Die Zosteropiden der indoaustralischen Region. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 17: 201 - 238.","Mees, G. F. 1957. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part I). Zoologische Verhandelingen 35: 12 - 204.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Dickinson, E. C., R. S. Kennedy, and K. C. Parkes. 1991. The birds of the Philippines. B. O. U. Check-list No. 12. Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 507 pp.","Hartert, E. 1931. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. D. Gregory M. Mathews's types of Australian birds. III. Novitates Zoologicae 37: 35 - 52."]}

Zosterops unica Hartert Zosterops unica Hartert, 1897d: 520 (Nanga Ramau). Now Zosterops palpebrosus unicus Hartert, 1897. See Mees, 1957: 86–88, Dickinson, 2003: 625, Mees, 2006: 185–188, and van Balen, 2008: 446– 447. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 700075, adult, collected at Nanga Ramau, Flores Island, Indonesia, in October 1896, by Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Hartert based his name on a single specimen, and gave an alternative spelling of the type locality as Nanga Roma, said to be in the Manggarai district. Manggarai is not in south Flores, as Hartert thought, but rather in central western Flores. Mees (2006: 12) gave the modern spelling of Nanga Ramau as Nanga Ramat, and I think this is correct. Nanga Ramat is at 08.20S, 120.41E (USBGN, 1982a). ‘‘Nanga’’ refers to a stream. I have followed the Code (ICZN, 1999: 35, Art. 30.1.4.3) in considering Zosterops masculine, but it is worth reading the account by Mees (2006: 186–188) of gender changes in this name historically., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 8, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1897 d. On the birds collected by Mr. Everett in south Flores. Part I. Novitates Zoologicae 4: 513 - 528, pl. III.","Mees, G. F. 1957. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part I). Zoologische Verhandelingen 35: 12 - 204.","Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.","Mees, G. F. 2006. The avifauna of Flores (Lesser Sunda Islands). Zoologische Mededelingen 80 - 3: 1 - 261, 18 figs.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops sumbavensis Guillemard Zosterops sumbavensis Guillemard, 1885: 508 (Bima, Sumbawa). Now Zosterops chloris intermedius Wallace, 1864. See Mees, 1961a: 36–42, White and Bruce, 1986: 414, and van Balen, 2008: 453–454. SYNTYPE: AMNH 700344, female?, collected at Bima, 08.28S, 118.43E (USBGN, 1982a), Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, on 14 August 1883, by R.ff. Powell. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: This specimen was listed as specimen ‘‘b’’ by Hartert (1920: 433), a cotype (5 syntype) of Zosterops sumbavensis, described by Guillemard from two specimens. It was collected by Lt. R.ff. Powell on the cruise of the Marchesa (see Guillemard, 1889: 285). In addition to Powell’s label, it bears Rothschild Collection and type labels., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 15, {"references":["Guillemard, F. H. H. 1885. Report on the collections of birds made during the voyage of the yacht '' Marchesa. '' - Part III. On the collection of birds from the island of Sumbawa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885: 501 - 511.","Wallace, A. R. 1864. A list of the birds inhabiting the islands of Timor, Flores, and Lombock, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 480 - 497.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce. 1986. The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. check-list no. 7. London: British Ornithologists' Union, 524 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505.","Guillemard, F. H. H. 1889. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea, 2 nd ed. London: John Murray, 455 pp."]}

Zosterops eichhorni Hartert Zosterops eichhorni Hartert, 1926a: 48 (Nissan Island). Now Zosterops griseotinctus eichhorni Hartert, 1926. See Mees, 1961a: 139–142, Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 396, Hadden, 2004: 219–220, and van Balen, 2008: 462–463. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 700705, adult male, collected on Nissan Island, 04.25S, 154.10E, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea, on 16 August 1924, by Albert F. Eichhorn (no. 9577). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Hartert cited Eichhorn’s unique field number of the holotype in the original description and noted (Hartert, 1926a: 46) that he collected eight specimens, all in 1924. Only seven of these specimens came to AMNH; the six paratypes are: male, AMNH 700704 (Eichhorn no. 9472), 29 July; females, AMNH 700706 (9539), 11 August; AMNH 700707 (9467), 29 July; AMNH 700708 (9591), 20 August; AMNH 700709 (9578), 16 August; AMNH 700710 (9463), 28 July., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 22, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1926 a. On the birds of Feni and Nissan islands, east of south New Ireland. Novitates Zoologicae 33: 33 - 48.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Mayr, E., and J. M. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 492 pp.","Hadden, D. 2004. Birds and bird lore of Bougainville and the North Solomons. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications, 312 pp., 224 pls., map.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops westernensis vegeta Hartert Zosterops westernensis vegeta Hartert, 1899c: 425 (Cape York). Now Zosterops lateralis vegetus Hartert, 1899. See Mees, 1969: 80–86, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 687–691, and van Balen, 2008: 467–468. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700950, adult male, collected on ‘‘ Cape York,’’ northern Queensland, Australia, on 15 July 1898, by collectors for Albert S. Meek (no. 1941). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description, Hartert only saying that the types were shot in July, without mentioning the number of specimens taken. Six syntypes came to AMNH. Hartert (1920: 433) listed the specimen bearing Meek’s number 1941 as the type, thereby designating it the lectotype. The five paralectotypes are: males, AMNH 700948, 700949, 700951; females, AMNH 700952, 700953, all collected on Cape York in July 1898. Mees (1969: 80) discussed this population under the name Z. l. ramsayi; however, Schodde and Mason (1999: 690–691), in their more recent study, have recognized vegetus, and this has been followed by van Balen (2008: 467). Parker (1966: 121–122) showed that in July 1898, Meek’s collectors were on the Chester River, 13.42S, 143.33E., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 30, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1899 c. On some birds from Cape York, north Queensland. Novitates Zoologicae 6: 423 - 428.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505.","Parker, S. A. 1966. Albert S. Meek's collectinglocality on the Cape York Peninsula, 1898. Emu 66: 121 - 122."]}

Zosterops lutea headlandi Mathews Zosterops lutea headlandi Mathews, 1923b: 36 (Point Headland [sic], North Mid-west Australia). Now Zosterops luteus balstoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1909. See Mees, 1961a: 125–131, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 685–686, and van Balen, 2008: 462. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700479, unsexed, collected at Port Hedland (not Headland), 20.19S, 118.34E (USBGN, 1957), Western Australia, Australia, in October 1907. From the Mathews Collection (no. 2839) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Mathews gave only the type locality of Point Hedland and mentioned no additional range or his catalog number of the type. AMNH 700479 bears a Rothschild Collection label, a Mathews Collection label, marked ‘‘Type of headlandi’’ by Mathews, and a ‘‘Figured’’ label, indicating that the specimen was illustrated in Mathews (1923a: pl. 506, bottom right fig., opp. p. 156, text p. 165), where the specimen bearing only the month and year, October 1907, is said to be the type of headlandi, thereby designating it the lectotype. Mathews had two additional specimens from Port Hedland, paralectotypes: AMNH 700477, female, collected 7 October 1914 and AMNH 700478, female, collected 27 October 1914. Both of these, collected by F.L. Whitlock, were originally in the H.L. White Collection, and were probably acquired from White during Mathews’ 1914 visit to Australia; they were not cataloged by Mathews., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 21, {"references":["Mathews, G. M. 1923 b. Additions and corrections to my lists of the birds of Australia. Austral Avian Record 5: 33 - 44.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Mathews, G. M. 1923 a. The birds of Australia. Vol. 11, pts. 1 - 3. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1 - 208, pls. 491 - 508."]}

Zosterops virens somereni Hartert Zosterops virens somereni Hartert, 1928: 207 (Mount Kenya, above Chuka). Now Zosterops poliogastrus kikuyuensis Sharpe, 1891. See Moreau, 1967: 332, Fry et al., 2000: 316–317, and van Balen, 2008: 473. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 699402, adult male, collected above Chuka, 00.20S, 37.38E (Polhill, 1988), Mount Kenya, Kenya, on 15 January 1921, by Noel van Someren. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert designated as type the only male specimen in the Rothschild Collection collected at Chuka on 15 January and noted that he had 12 specimens collected by Noel van Someren and two collected by J. Makinder (so spelled on his own label). There were, in fact, 12 specimens in addition to the holotype collected by Noel van Someren. The 14 paratypes are: above Chuka, AMNH 699401, 699403–699406, collected 15–17 January 1922, by Noel van Someren; Mount Kenya, 10,000 ft, west slope, AMNH 699407, 699408, collected 10 September 1899, by H.J. Makinder (nos. 72 and 73); Meru, AMNH 699409–699415, collected 22 December 1920 – 10 January 1921, by Noel van Someren., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on pages 43-44, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1928. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. C. Additional and overlooked types. Novitates Zoologicae 34: 189 - 230.","Moreau, R. E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, African and Indian Ocean taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 326 - 337. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.","Fry, C. H., S. Keith, and E. K. Urban (editors). 2000. The birds of Africa. Vol. 6. London: Academic Press, 724 pp, 36 pls.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Polhill, D. 1988. Flora of tropical East Africa. Index of collecting localities. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens, 398 pp."]}

Zosterops gouldi warreni Mathews Zosterops gouldi warreni Mathews, 1916a: 62 (Warren River, South-west Australia). Now Zosterops lateralis chloronotus Gould, 1841. See Mees, 1969: 12–29, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 687–691, and van Balen, 2008: 467–468. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700844, adult male, collected on the Warren River, 34.36S, 115.50E (Johnstone and Storr, 2004: 514), Western Australia, Australia, on 12 February 1910, by Thomas Carter. From the Mathews Collection (no. 6111) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Mathews said only that the type was from the Warren River. Carter’s original label for the above specimen was labeled ‘‘warreni Type’’ by Mathews and his catalog number was written on the label, although this was not given in the description. Mees (1969: 20) listed AMNH 700844 as the type, thereby designating it the lectotype. Mathews had a second specimen, paralectotype AMNH 700845, female, collected on the Warren River on 13 February 1910 by Carter. I did not find it listed in Mathews’ catalog, but by the time warreni was published on 7 April 1916, Mathews’ (1942: 54) collection was complete. Even though listed as the type by Mees, the lectotype had not been included in the AMNH type collection; it now bears an AMNH type label and is housed with the types., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 28, {"references":["Mathews, G. M. 1916 a. List of additions of new sub-species to, and changes in, my '' List of the birds of Australia. '' Austral Avian Record 3: 53 - 68.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Johnstone, R. E., and G. M. Storr. 2004. Handbook of Western Australian birds. Vol. 2. Passerines. Perth: Western Australian Museum, 529 pp."]}

Zosterops subatrifrons A.B. Meyer and Wiglesworth Zosterops subatrifrons A.B. Meyer and Wiglesworth, 1896: 17 (Insula Peling). Now Zosterops atrifrons subatrifrons A.B. Meyer and Wiglesworth, 1896. See Mees, 1961a: 71–72, White and Bruce, 1986: 416, and van Balen, 2008: 455–456. SYNTYPES: AMNH 700370, AMNH 700- 371, AMNH 700372, AMNH 700373 (immature), all collected on Peleng Island, 01.20S, 123.10E (White and Bruce, 1986: 491), Banggai Islands, Indonesia, in May–August 1895, by collectors for C.W. Cursham. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description; the number of specimens was not given and Cursham’s name was not mentioned, yet the dates May–August 1895 were provided, and all of these specimens were labeled ‘‘Cotypus’’ on the original label. Meyer and Wiglesworth (1898: 9) noted that Charles W. Cursham, a merchant at Menado, north Sulawesi, had been ‘‘engaged by A.B. Meyer and the Hon. W. Rothschild’’ to collect in Minahassa and on small neighboring islands. They then noted that ‘‘in our work [Meyer and Wiglesworth, 1895, 1896] specimens from this source are marked: ‘native collectors’ or ‘native hunters’ (‘nat. coll.’, ‘nat. hunt.’) and some of these skins have passed into other museums also.’’ Meyer and Wiglesworth (1898: pl. 30) illustrated Z. subatrifrons. Meyer and Wiglesworth (1898: 490) listed only one adult by number, C 14535, but did not give it type status, adding that their series of eight specimens was in Dresden and the Tring Museum (5 Rothschild Collection). Eck and Quaisser (2004: 298) listed three syntypes still in SMTD and syntype C 14535 as having been exchanged with BMNH. Together with the four syntypes from the Rothschild Collection listed above, all of the eight original specimens are accounted for. These specimens had not been included previously in the AMNH type series, and AMNH type labels have been added to confirm their status., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 17, {"references":["Meyer, A. B., and L. W. Wiglesworth. 1896. Eine Vogelsammlung von Nordost Celebes und den Inseln Peling und Banggai. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Koniglichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 6 (2): 1 - 20, map.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce. 1986. The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. check-list no. 7. London: British Ornithologists' Union, 524 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Meyer, A. B., and L. W. Wiglesworth. 1898. The birds of Celebes, vols. 1 and 2. Berlin: R. Friedlander & Sohn, 962 pp., 45 pls., 7 maps.","Meyer, A. B., and L. W. Wiglesworth. 1895. Eine zweite Sammlung von Vogel von den Talaut Inseln. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Koniglichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5 (9): 1 - 9.","Eck, S., and C. Quaisser. 2004. Verzeichnis der Typen der Vogelsammlund des Museums fur Tierkunde in den Staatlichen Naturhistorischen Sammlungen Dresden. Zoologische Abhandlungen 54: 233 - 316."]}

Zosterops elgonensis van Someren Zosterops elgonensis van Someren, 1922: 191 (Bukedi). Now Zosterops senegalensis jacksoni Neumann, 1899. See Moreau, 1967: 330, Fry et al., 2000: 306–310, and van Balen, 2008: 470–471. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 699455, adult male, collected at Bukedi, Mount Elgon, 01.08N, 34.32E (Carswell et al., 2005: 512), Uganda, on 13 January 1916, from the V.G.L. van Someren Collection via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, van Someren listed the unique date of 13 January 1916 for his type of elgonensis in the Rothschild Collection. Paratypes in AMNH are: Bumasifa, Mount Elgon, AMNH 699456, male, 8 March 1916; AMNH 699457, female, 8 February 1916; Mount Elgon, AMNH 699458, female, March 1915; Maroto, AMNH 699459, male, and AMNH 699460, female, collected by J. Allen Turner, in December 1917., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 42, {"references":["van Someren, V. G. L. 1922. Notes on the birds of East Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 29: 1 - 246.","Moreau, R. E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, African and Indian Ocean taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 326 - 337. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.","Fry, C. H., S. Keith, and E. K. Urban (editors). 2000. The birds of Africa. Vol. 6. London: Academic Press, 724 pp, 36 pls.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Carswell, M., D. Pomeroy, J. Reynolds, and H. Tushabe. 2005. The bird atlas of Uganda. Oxford: British Ornithologists' Club and British Ornithologists' Union, xi + 553 pp."]}

Zosterops chlorates origenes Stresemann Zosterops chlorates origenes Stresemann, 1938: 46 (Wawa-Karaeng, 2500 m). Now Zosterops montanus montanus Bonaparte, 1850. See Mees, 1957: 176–189, White and Bruce, 1986: 413, and van Balen, 2008: 450. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 468609, adult male, collected at Wawa Karaeng, 2500 m, Mount Lompobatang (5 Bonthain Peak), 05.20S, 119.55E (USBGN, 1982a), southern Sulawesi (5 Celebes) Island, Indonesia, on 8 September 1931 by Gerd Heinrich (no. 5470). COMMENTS: Stresemann cited Heinrich’s unique field number of the holotype in the original description but gave no catalog number for it. Mees’ (1957: 184) publication of ZMB 34.249 0 as the number of this holotype was misleading. One of the tags on this specimen, printed with the ZMB name, bears both ZMB 34.249 0 and AMNH 468609; but on the type label which is also printed with the ZMB name, only the AMNH number appears. It was sent to AMNH in fulfillment of the funding agreement, as noted above. S. Frahnert (personal commun.) has confirmed that number 34.249 0 in the ZMB catalog was given to this specimen while it was being studied by Stresemann, and that it is indicated in the catalog as having been sent to AMNH. Stresemann (1938: 46) studied 19 specimens; paratypes that came to AMNH are: AMNH 300294–300302, four males and five females, Wawa Karaeng, 2500 m, Lompobatang, September 1931; AMNH 300303, immature, Lombasanj, 1100 m, Lompobatang, August 1931, all collected by the Heinrich Expedition., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 14, {"references":["Stresemann, E. 1938. Vorlaufiges uber die ornithologischen Ergebnisse der Expedition Heinrich 1930 - 1932. VIII. Weitere Erganzungen zur Avifauna von Celebes. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 46: 45 - 49.","Bonaparte, C. L. 1850. Conspectus generum avium, vol. 1. Lugduni Batavorum: E. J. Brill, 543 pp.","Mees, G. F. 1957. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part I). Zoologische Verhandelingen 35: 12 - 204.","White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce. 1986. The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. check-list no. 7. London: British Ornithologists' Union, 524 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert, 1900a: 2 (Ruk). Now Zosterops semperi owstoni Hartert, 1900. See Mees, 1969: 156–157, Pratt et al., 1987: 284, Slikas et al., 2000: 355–365, and van Balen, 2008: 448. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700803, unsexed adult, collected on Chuuk (5 Truk or Ruk) Island, 07.28N, 151.51E (Times Atlas), Chuuk Islands, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, on 7 May 1896, by collectors for Alan Owston. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description, Hartert only saying that the Rothschild Collection had ‘‘received a large series from Ruk.’’ Hartert (1920: 435) listed as the type the only specimen collected on 7 May 1896, thereby designating it the lectotype. The Owston label is marked ‘‘Type’’ in what appears to be Rothschild’s hand, and it also bears a Rothschild type label. Mees (1969: 157) did not appear to accept Hartert’s designation of lectotype, although he usually did so, and only listed part of the type series even though he examined the specimens in AMNH. Hartert’s published designation applies to a unique specimen from the original type series, and this is sufficient for lectotypification. The following are paralectotypes, collected on Chuuk in November 1895, February, March, May, and June 1896: AMNH 700791– 700802, 700804–700811. Mees (1969: 143–144) included the Caroline Islands white-eyes in the broad species Z. conspicillatus. Pratt et al. (1987: 283–284), based on song, included the subspecies semperi, owstoni, and takatsukasai in the species Z. semperi, and the recent mitochondrial sequence data of Slikas et al. (2000: 355–365) support this arrangement., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 9, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1900 a. The birds of Ruk in the central Carolines. Novitates Zoologicae 7: 1 - 11.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Pratt, H. D., P. L. Bruner, and D. G. Berrett. 1987. A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 409 pp., 45 pls.","Slikas, B., I. B. Jones, S. R. Derrickson, and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of Micronesian white-eyes based on mitochondrial sequence data. Auk 117: 355 - 365.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505."]}

Zosterops australasiae edwini Mathews Zosterops australasiae edwini Mathews, 1923b: 36 (Carnarvon, West Australia). Now Zosterops lateralis chloronotus Gould, 1841. See Mees, 1969: 12–29, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 687–691, and van Balen, 2008: 467–468. SYNTYPES: AMNH 700904, adult male, 2 October 1913; AMNH 700905, female, 10 August 1916; AMNH 700906, female, 6 August 1911, all collected at Carnarvon, 24.51S, 113.45E (Times Atlas), Western Australia, Australia, by Thomas Carter. From the Mathews Collection via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Mathews said that his type was from Carnarvon, West Australia, but gave no information on how many specimens he had; however, by 1923, when this form was named, Mathews’ collection was complete. I found only one of the above specimens in Mathews’ catalog, Mathews no. 9747, with date 6 August 1911. A second specimen was cataloged there, Mathews no. 9748, a male collected at Carnarvon on 27 August 1911, but this specimen did not come to AMNH and there is no way of knowing whether Mathews exchanged it before naming edwini. All three of the specimens listed above bear Carter’s original label and a Rothschild Collection label printed ‘‘Ex. Coll. G.M. Mathews,’’ but there is no indication on the labels that they should have type status. Z. a. edwini was one of the subspecies hurriedly named by Mathews in 1923, and it is not apparent that he had his own collection at hand when he described it. Mathews (1923a: 160) wrote that Ashby had ‘‘recently confirmed my conclusion that the Carnarvon form was separable, writing ‘The birds at Geraldton are smaller and brighter in tint than birds observed at Perth’.’’ However, this observation by Ashby (1921: 136) was published before Mathews named edwini. Despite the fact that the name apparently refers to Edwin Ashby, the type of the name is from Carnarvon and is not one of Ashby’s specimens. So it is reasonable to assume that the three specimens from Carnarvon that were in Mathews’ collection may be the ones Mathews had in mind when he named edwini. They had not previously been included in the AMNH type collection., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on pages 28-29, {"references":["Mathews, G. M. 1923 b. Additions and corrections to my lists of the birds of Australia. Austral Avian Record 5: 33 - 44.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Mathews, G. M. 1923 a. The birds of Australia. Vol. 11, pts. 1 - 3. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1 - 208, pls. 491 - 508.","Ashby, E. 1921. Notes on birds observed in Western Australia, from Perth northwards to Geraldton. Emu 20: 130 - 137."]}

Zosterops smithi Neumann Zosterops smithi Neumann, 1902b: 139 (Sillul, Bodele, Somali Land). Now Zosterops abyssinicus jubaensis Erlanger, 1901. See Moreau, 1967: 327, Fry et al., 2000: 324–315, and van Balen, 2008: 469–470. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 699310, adult male, collected at Wadi Sillul (5 Selou, as on label), Bodele, Ethiopia, on 7 August 1894, by A. Donaldson Smith (no. 140). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Neumann designated as syntypes a male and a female in the Rothschild Collection, collected at [Wadi] Sillul by Donaldson Smith. Hartert (1920: 432) listed the male as the type, thereby designating it the lectotype. The paralectotype is AMNH 699311, female, collected at Wadi Sillul on 7 August 1894 by Donaldson Smith (no. 141). Neumann (1902b: 139) listed two additional specimens in BMNH, but because he designated syntypes in the original description, those specimens have no nomenclatural standing (ICZN, 1999: 77, Art. 72.4.6). Sharpe (1895) reported on this, the first Donaldson Smith expedition to the area, and later noted (Sharpe, 1906: 277) that the 23 types of new forms that he had named had been presented to BMNH by Donaldson Smith. Apparently, those were the only specimens from this first expedition that went to BMNH. Sharpe (1895: 475–476), in his report on the collection, listed as Zosterops flavilateralis a male specimen bearing the same data as the lectotype of Z. smithi and in addition recorded the iris as ‘‘light brown’’ and feet as ‘‘dark grey,’’ both noted on the original label of the lectotype. I believe it was indeed this specimen but that it did not remain in BMNH; the female was not listed. The date of collection of the lectotype appears to be 1 August; however, careful examination with a magnifying glass shows that part of the ‘‘7’’ was overwritten by Neumann with his new name, and the lectotype was collected on the same date as the paralectotype. A search of Sharpe (1895) for collecting dates provided 5–7 August for Wadi Sillul and 7–9 August for Selou (probably an alternative spelling). This agrees with map sheet 1 in Donaldson Smith (1896) where the Wadi Sillul crosses the expedition route at ca. 08.10N, 43.17E., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 41, {"references":["Neumann, O. 1902 b. Neue Afrikanische Vogel. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 10: 138 - 140.","Moreau, R. E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, African and Indian Ocean taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 326 - 337. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.","Fry, C. H., S. Keith, and E. K. Urban (editors). 2000. The birds of Africa. Vol. 6. London: Academic Press, 724 pp, 36 pls.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505.","Sharpe, R. B. 1895. On a collection of birds made by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during his recent expedition in western Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895: 457 - 520.","Sharpe, R. B. 1906. The history of the collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. Vol. II. Separate historical accounts of the several collections included in the Department of Zoology. 3. Birds, 79 - 515. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 515 pp.","Donaldson Smith, A. 1896. Expedition through Somaliland to Lake Rudolf. Geographical Journal 8: 120 - 137, 221 - 239, maps 1 - 5."]}

Zosterops flavifrons majuscula Murphy and Mathews Zosterops flavifrons majuscula Murphy and Mathews, 1929: 5 (Aneiteum Island, New Hebrides Group). Now Zosterops flavifrons majusculus Murphy and Mathews, 1929. See Mees, 1969: 135–136, Bregulla, 1992: 250–251, and van Balen, 2008: 465. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 212612, adult male, collected on Aneityum (5 Aneiteum) Island, 20.12S, 169.49E (USBGN, 1974c), Vanuatu (5 New Hebrides), on 10 June 1926, by Jose G. Correia on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 20918). COMMENTS: Murphy and Mathews cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said that they had two specimens from Aneityum. The paratype is AMNH 212613, female., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 28, {"references":["Murphy, R. C., and G. M. Mathews. 1929. Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VII. Zosteropidae. American Museum Novitates 356: 1 - 14.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Bregulla, H. L. 1992. Birds of Vanuatu. Oswestry, Shropshire, England: Anthony Nelson, 294 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops splendida Hartert Zosterops splendida Hartert, 1929: 12 (Island of Ganonga, Solomon Islands). Now Zosterops splendidus Hartert, 1929. See Mees, 1961a: 146–147, Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 396–397, Dickinson, 2003: 628, and van Balen, 2008: 463. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 220020, adult male, collected on Ganongga (5 Ganonga) Island, Solomon Islands, on 24 October 1927, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 28852). COMMENTS: Hartert gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said that he had examined four males and one female. Only part of the specimens collected on Ganongga was sent to Hartert for study and only those specimens comprise his type series. They are identifiable because someone in hand unknown has written on them in black ink ‘‘splendidus [sic] Hart.’’ The paratypes are: AMNH 220014, male, 19 October 1927; AMNH 220023, male, 25 October 1927; AMNH 220024, male, 25 October 1927; AMNH 220025, female, 22 October 1927. On 24 October 1927, the expedition vessel, France, was anchored at the Ganongga village of Kumbokota, now called Pienuna, 08.02S, 156.36E (USBGN, 1974b), and expedition personnel collected from there to Mount Kela, 08.03S, 156.34E (USBGN, 1974b), according to Hamlin’s Journal S, unpublished journals of the Whitney South Sea Expedition in the Archives, Department of Ornithology, AMNH. As noted above, splendidus is variously regarded as a full species or a subspecies of Zosterops luteirostris., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on pages 23-24, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1929. Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VIII. Notes on birds from the Solomon Islands. American Museum Novitates 364: 1 - 19.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Mayr, E., and J. M. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 492 pp.","Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops floridana Rothschild and Hartert Zosterops floridana Rothschild and Hartert, 1901b: 180 (Florida Island). Now Zosterops metcalfii floridanus Rothschild and Hartert, 1901. See Mees, 1961a: 156–157, Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 396, and van Balen, 2008: 461. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700653, adult male, collected on Nggela Sule (5 Florida) Island, 09.05S, 160.15E (USBGN, 1974b), Solomon Islands, on 28 December 1900, by Albert Eichhorn for Albert S. Meek (no. 2704). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description nor was the number of specimens examined given, although measurements were published for more than one of each sex. Hartert (1920: 436) listed the type as specimen no. 2704, thus designating it the lectotype. Paralectotypes in AMNH, all collected on Nggela Sula, are: AMNH 700654 (Meek no. 2706), male, 28 December 1900; AMNH 700655 (2719), male, 31 December 1900; AMNH 700656 (2715), male, 29 December 1900; AMNH 700657 (2737), male, 22 January 1901; AMNH 700660 (2705), female, 28 December 1900., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 20, {"references":["Rothschild, W., and E. Hartert. 1901 b. List of a collection of birds from Kulambangra and Florida islands, in the Solomons Group. Novitates Zoologicae 8: 179 - 189.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Mayr, E., and J. M. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 492 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505."]}

Zosterops lateralis tropica Mees Zosterops lateralis tropica Mees, 1969: 100 (Espiritu Santo). Now Zosterops lateralis tropicus Mees, 1969. See Mees, 1969: 100–102, Bregulla, 1992: 252, Dickinson, 2003: 629, and van Balen, 2008: 467–468. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 214054, adult male, collected on Espiritu Santo Island, 15.15S, 166.50E (USBGN, 1974), Vanuatu, on 1 September 1926, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 22507). COMMENTS: Mees gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and the range of tropica as ‘‘the northern New Hebrides: Malo, Espiritu Santo, Tongoa (off Espiritu Santo, not to be confused with Tongoa near Epi); Banks Group: Gaua, Melapav, Ureparapara or Blight (sic); Torres Group: Low Island, Toga. ’’ Specimens other than the holotype that Mees examined from those islands are paratypes of tropica. Mees visited AMNH when working on this part of his Zosteropidae monograph and would have seen all of the specimens in the AMNH collection. Paratypes in AMNH are: Malo, males, AMNH 213597, 213598; Espiritu Santo, males, AMNH 214050–214053, female, AMNH 214065, juvenile sex?, AMNH 215883; Gaua, male, AMNH 214056; Melapav, female, AMNH 214064; Bligh, male, AMNH 216128; Low, males, AMNH 216115– 216118, 216120, females, AMNH 216121, 216122, 216124, 216125; Toga, male, AMNH 216126, female, AMNH 216127. AMNH 216119 and AMNH 216123 had already been exchanged to NRM and CM, respectively, and would not have been seen at AMNH by Mees. AMNH 216116 had been exchanged to Rothschild and renumbered AMNH 459013 when that collection came to AMNH in 1932; it would have been part of Mees’ type series. Bregulla (1992: 252) listed Tanna and Aniwa birds as Z. l. tropicus without comment. The holotype of this taxon had not previously been included in the type collection at AMNH., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 32, {"references":["Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","Bregulla, H. L. 1992. Birds of Vanuatu. Oswestry, Shropshire, England: Anthony Nelson, 294 pp.","Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops intermedia periplecta Hartert Zosterops intermedia periplecta Hartert, 1920: 434 (Lombok, 1500 feet). Now Zosterops chloris maxi Finsch, 1907. See Mees, 1961a: 43–48, White and Bruce, 1986: 414, and van Balen, 2008: 453–454. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 700349, adult male, collected on Lombok Island, 1500 ft, 08.45S, 116.30E (White and Bruce, 1986: 490), Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, in May 1896, by Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Hartert (1920: 434) described this subspecies within his list of types in the Rothschild Collection. The Rothschild type label is tied on the above specimen, and it is without doubt the intended type; however, there are two specimens bearing the same data. By listing AMNH 700349 as the type, Mees (1961a: 46) designated it the lectotype. Hartert (1920: 434) said that he had three specimens of periplecta collected by Everett and five by Doherty, all from Lombok. The seven paralectotypes are: AMNH 700350, male, May 1896, Everett; AMNH 700351, AMNH 700352, males, AMNH 700353– 700355, females, June 1896, Doherty; AMNH 700356, female, June 1896, native collectors for Everett. AMNH 295136 is also a male collected on Lombok in May 1896 by Everett, but this specimen has no type standing; it was purchased from W.F.H. Rosenberg, a dealer, by Leonard C. Sanford for AMNH and was not part of Hartert’s type series., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 14, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1920. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection (cont'd.). Novitates Zoologicae 27: 425 - 505.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce. 1986. The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. check-list no. 7. London: British Ornithologists' Union, 524 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops lateralis investigator Mathews Zosterops lateralis investigator Mathews, 1923a: 153 (New Zealand). Now Zosterops lateralis lateralis (Latham, 1801). See Mees, 1969: 30–70, van Balen, 2008: 467– 468, and Checklist Committee, 2010: 309–310. SYNTYPES: collected at Katikati, 10 m, 37.32S, 175.58E (Times Atlas), Tauranga Harbour, AMNH 701115, female, 2 August 1914, by Robin Kemp (no. 4690); collected at Lucas Creek, Waitemata, AMNH 701119, male, 2 March 1915, AMNH 701120, male, 3 February 1915, AMNH 701121, female, 27 January 1915, AMNH 701122, sex?, 25 February 1915, by Robin Kemp (nos. 4796, 4776, 4771, 4794, respectively); collected at Oneroa, Waitemata Co., AMNH 701123, juvenile sex?, 23 February 1915, by Robin Kemp (no. 4790). All were collected on the North Island, New Zealand. From the Mathews Collection via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Mathews (1923a: 153) did not designate a type but introduced this name with the following comments: ‘‘The New Zealand form is credited with arriving from Australia and spreading all over New Zealand. When Iredale and I (Mathews and Iredale, 1913) drew up the Reference List of the Birds of New Zealand we noted that all the New Zealand birds were like Tasmanian ones and used the name of the Tasmanian subspecies. The green of the head is becoming more restricted, the grey on the back less, the flanks darker, the breast paler, the black lores more pronounced, the throat scarcely tinged with yellow, the bill longer. Whether these changes have taken place in the last sixty years or not I cannot say, but it is necessary to provide a name to attract attention to the fact that, according to the birds examined a distinct form appears to be evolving. As above noted, only one stage of plumage has been seen, as yet, from New Zealand, viz., the so-called winter plumage.’’ This implies that the changes Mathews envisioned had occurred between 1913 and the 1923 description of investigator. The six specimens from the Mathews Collection listed above were all collected after 1913, on Kemp’s second visit to New Zealand, and I consider them syntypes; by 1914 Mathews had essentially stopped adding specimens to his catalog and none of these syntypes was found there., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 29, {"references":["Mathews, G. M. 1923 a. The birds of Australia. Vol. 11, pts. 1 - 3. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1 - 208, pls. 491 - 508.","Mees, G. F. 1969. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part III). Zoologische Verhandelingen 102: 3 - 390.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Checklist Committee. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica, 4 th ed. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 500 pp., 4 maps.","Mathews, G. M., and T. Iredale. 1913. A reference list of the birds of New Zealand. Ibis (10) 1: 201 - 263, 402 - 452."]}

Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes, 1971: 60 (north slope of Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, Philippines). Now Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes, 1971. See Dickinson et al., 1991: 400, and van Balen, 2008: 450. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 790482, adult male, collected on the north slope of Mt. Halcon, 13.16N, 121.00E (Dickinson et al., 1991: 419), Mindoro Island, Philippines, on 19 March 1965, by J. Ramos. COMMENTS: Parkes gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and noted that he had seen 12 specimens from five localities on Mindoro. All of the Mindoro specimens collected by Ramos on joint expeditions sponsored by AMNH and PNM were still at AMNH when Parkes studied these birds, and he would have had access to the seven specimens collected on those expeditions as well as one specimen collected by John Whitehead that had come to AMNH via the Rothschild Collection. Paratypes that he saw at AMNH were: AMNH 700079, female, Mt. Dulangan, 6000 ft., 26 January 1896, by John Whitehead; AMNH 790481, male, Bahay Bandok, Bongabon, Oriente Mindoro, 15 July 1963, by Ramos-Oane; AMNH 790483– 790487, north slope of Mt. Halcon, March 1965, by J. Ramos. Of these last paratypes, AMNH 790483, 790485, 790486, and 790487 were later returned to PNM., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 11, {"references":["Parkes, K. C. 1971. Taxonomic and distributional notes on Philippine birds. Nemouria 4: 1 - 67.","Dickinson, E. C., R. S. Kennedy, and K. C. Parkes. 1991. The birds of the Philippines. B. O. U. Check-list No. 12. Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 507 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth, 1872: 459 (Nuwara Eliya and on the upper hills). Now Zosterops ceylonensis Holdsworth, 1872. See Mees, 1957: 22–26, Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005: 551, and van Balen, 2008: 447. LECTOTYPE: AMNH 699930, adult male, collected at Nuwara Eliya, 06.58N, 80.46E (Lozupone et al., 2004), Sri Lanka (5 Ceylon), 28 January 1871, by E. Holdsworth. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description, nor did Holdsworth say how many specimens he had, noting only that it was one of the commonest birds at Nuwara Eliya. Three specimens from the original series came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection, two males and one female. Hartert (1928: 208) listed as the type and tied a Rothschild type label on a male from Nuwara Eliya, collected on 28 January 1871, choosing the specimen bearing two Holdsworth labels, each marked ‘‘s Type; ’’ this specimen is now AMNH 699931. Without a doubt, this specimen with its Rothschild type label, has been considered the type. It was so cataloged when the Rothschild Collection came to AMNH and has been housed with the types since then. However, because there are two male specimens bearing the same data, this did not serve to designate one of them the lectotype. Mees (1957: 24), perhaps not checking the AMNH types or having been loaned the other male specimen, now AMNH 699930, and based on the fact that the label data matched the data given by Hartert (1928: 208), decided to confirm Hartert’s designation but cited the AMNH number of the specimen that he examined! Because Hartert’s designation was ambiguous, there seems to be no alternative but to accept Mees’ designation despite the fact that the other specimen, bearing the Rothschild type label, has always been considered the type. I have added an AMNH type label to AMNH 699930 but have retained AMNH 699931, now a paralectotype, in the type collection with a tag explaining the situation. The female specimen, AMNH 699932, collected at Nuwara Eliya on 16 October 1868, is also a paralectotype and there are two paralectotypes in BMNH (Warren and Harrison, 1971: 103). All three of the AMNH specimens bear Holdsworth’s catalog no. 181. This new form was illustrated in Holdsworth (1872: pl. XX)., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on pages 8-9, {"references":["Holdsworth, E. W. H. 1872. Catalogue of the birds found in Ceylon; with some remarks on their habits and local distribution, and descriptions of two new species peculiar to the island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 404 - 483, pl. XX.","Mees, G. F. 1957. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part I). Zoologische Verhandelingen 35: 12 - 204.","Rasmussen, P. G., and J. C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of south Asia. The Ripley Guide, vol. 2: Attributes and status. Washington, DC, and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, 683 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.","Lozupone, P., B. M. Beehler, and S. D. Ripley. 2004. Ornithological gazetteer of the Indian subcontinent. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, 190 pp.","Hartert, E. 1928. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. C. Additional and overlooked types. Novitates Zoologicae 34: 189 - 230.","Warren, R. L. M., and C. J. O. Harrison. 1971. Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2. Passerines. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 628 pp."]}

Zosterops alberti oblita Hartert Zosterops alberti oblita Hartert, 1929: 10 (Guadalcanar). Now Zosterops rendovae oblitus Hartert, 1929. See Mees, 1961a: 162–164, Mayr, 1967: 313, Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 397, and van Balen, 2008: 464. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 218110, adult male, collected on Guadalcanal (5 Guadalcanar) Island, Solomon Islands, on 30 May 1927, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 26467). COMMENTS: Hartert gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and examined two males and three females from Guadalcanal. The paratypes are: AMNH 218114, female, 31 May 1927; AMNH 218115, female, 2 July 1927; AMNH 220101, male, 22 July 1927; AMNH 220103, female, 22 July 1927. The specimens that Hartert examined are labeled in ink ‘‘alberti oblita Hart.’’ The other specimens collected by the Whitney Expedition on Guadalcanal are not paratypes. Among the paratypes, AMNH 220101 and 220103 were exchanged to Rothschild and when they returned to AMNH they were renumbered AMNH 700672 and 700675, respectively. According to Beck’s Journal D, unpublished journals of the Whitney South Sea Expedition, Archives, Department of Ornithology, AMNH, the expedition vessel, France, was anchored on 30 May 1927 in Doma Cove, now called Ndoma Cove, 09.19S, 159.48E (USBGN, 1974b) and its staff collected from there up to about 3500 ft in the hills., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 25, {"references":["Hartert, E. 1929. Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VIII. Notes on birds from the Solomon Islands. American Museum Novitates 364: 1 - 19.","Mees, G. F. 1961 a. A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 50: 3 - 168, 4 pls.","Mayr, E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, Indo-Australian taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr. (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 289 - 326. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.","Mayr, E., and J. M. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 492 pp.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}

Zosterops stenocricotus kasaicus Chapin Zosterops stenocricotus kasaicus Chapin, 1932: 15 (Luluabourg, Kasai district, Belgian Congo). Now Zosterops senegalensis kasaicus Chapin, 1932. See Fry et al., 2000: 306–310, and van Balen, 2008: 470–471. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 258612, adult male, collected at the Mission of St. Joseph, Luluabourg, 05.53S, 22.26E (Times Atlas), Kasai District, Congo (Kinshasa), on 5 December 1925, by R. Callewaert. COMMENTS: Chapin cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description; his type series comprised the six specimens in AMNH collected by Callewaert at Luluabourg, two specimens from Luluabourg in ANSP, and specimens collected by H. Schoutenden at Macaco near Luebo (which Chapin had not seen). The five paratypes in AMNH are: AMNH 258608– 258611, 258613, three males, one unsexed but marked [male], and one female. Other specimens collected by Callewaert at Luluabourg and sold to Rothschild, later came to AMNH at about the time the description was published, but they were not available to Chapin for the description., Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 42, {"references":["Chapin, J. P. 1932. Fourteen new birds from tropical Africa. American Museum Novitates 570: 1 - 18.","Fry, C. H., S. Keith, and E. K. Urban (editors). 2000. The birds of Africa. Vol. 6. London: Academic Press, 724 pp, 36 pls.","van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs."]}