Zosterops palpebrosa hainana Hartert

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Zosterops palpebrosa hainana Hartert

Zosterops palpebrosa hainana Hartert, 1923: 33 (No Tai) .

Now Zosterops japonicus hainanus Hartert, 1923 . See Mees, 1957: 129–131, Dickinson, 2003: 625, and van Balen, 2008: 445–446.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 699896 , adult male, collected at No Tai , Hainan Island , 19.00N, 109.00E ( USBGN, 1968), China, on 28 September 1902, by Katsumata (no. 84). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert designated as type a male collected at No Tai on 28 September 1902. AMNH 699896 is the only such specimen in AMNH; it bears a Rothschild type label, although it was not included in Hartert’s (1928) list of types in the Rothschild Collection, and was confirmed as the holotype by Mees (1957: 130). Hartert (1923: 33) included in hainana specimens from No Tai, Sẽcha, and Liudon; paratypes in AMNH are: Liudon, AMNH 699894 and 699895, males; Sẽcha, AMNH 699897–699904, six males and two females. Hartert expressly excluded specimens from Hoihow and Kiungchau, saying that these specimens from northern Hainan were closer to Z. palpebrosa simplex , and their labels are so marked by Hartert.