Zosterops palpebrosa mandibularis Stresemann

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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) .