ZOSTEROPS. 616 



a'. Eye without a circle of white feathers; chin and fore throat very pale cream- 

 buff; wing more than 65 ram. 

 6'. Larger; bill more slender; front half of head olive-green. 



goodfellowi (p. 620) 

 6'. Smaller; bill stouter; front half of head grayish brown. 



malindangensis (p. 621) 



606. ZOSTEROPS MEYENI Bonaparte. 



MEYEN'S SILVEREYE. 



Zosterops meyeni Bonaparte, Consp. Genera Avium (1850), 1, 398; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 180; Grant, Ibis (1895), 452; 

 Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 231 (habits); McGregor and Worcester, 

 Hand-List (1906), 95. 



Gu-sil-sil, Benguet; ti-tit, Calayan. 



Banton (Celestino) ; Calayan {McGregor); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Me- 

 yen, Steere Exp., Mollendorff, Bourns & ^Yorcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Bartsch) ; Verde (McGregor). 



Male. — Above olive-yellow, brighter and yellower on forehead and 

 tail-coverts; rectrices and wing- feathers brown and, except first alula 

 feather and first primary, edged with olive-yellow on outer webs ; prima- 

 ries, secondaries, and rectrices edged with white on inner webs ; a narrow 

 ring around eye silky white, below this slightly dusky ; lores olive-yellow ; 

 sides of head and neck like back; chin, throat, chest, and crissum light 

 lemon-yelloAv ; breast and abdomen white, very faintly drab-gray on 

 sides and with a wash of yellow on median line; thighs, lining of wing, 

 and axillars white faintly washed with yellow. A male from Manila 

 measures: Length, 100; wing, 52; tail, 36; culmen from base, 12; bill 

 from nostril, 7; tarsus, 16. 



Female. — Similar to the male. A female from Nueva Ecija Province, 

 Luzon, measures: Wing, 52; tail, 36; culmen from base, 12; bill from 

 nostril, 7; tarsus, 16. 



"Shot in great numbers in bamboo clumps in the open fields. Four 

 males average as follow : Wing, 53 ; tail, 37 ; culmen, 14 ; tarsus, 15 ; 

 middle toe with claw, 13.7. Three females, wing, 51'; tail, 37; culmen, 

 13; tarsus, 14.7; middle toe with claw, 14.4. Iris light brown; legs, 

 feet, and nails leaden." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



607. ZOSTEROPS WHITEHEADI Hartert. 



WHITEHEAD'S SILVEREYE. 



Zosterops whiteheadi Hartert, Bull. Brit. Cm. Club (1903), 14, 13; Mc- 

 Gregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 95. 



Luzon (Whitehead, W^orcester, McGregor, Mearns, Bartsch). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Zosterops meyeni from the vicinity of IManila, 

 but male and female "differ conspicuously in being darker above and not 



