collected in the Philippine Islands, 231 



152. Arachnothera philippinensis (Steere). (Grant, 

 Ibis, 1897, p. 237.) 



Met with occasionally in the forests of Samar and Leite. 

 {Of. Ibis, 1897, p. 237.) 



153. Anthothreptes GRisEiGULARisTweedd. (Grant, Ibis, 



1894, p. Ill ; 1895, p. 451 ; 1896, p. 120 ; 1897, p. 238.) 

 Met with in Saraar and North Luzon, where the species 



is somewhat rare. 



Iris brick-red ; bill black ; feet olive-brown. 



] 54. Zosterops meyeni Bonap. (Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 515 ; 



1895, p. 452.) 



The genus Zosterops is well developed in the Philippines, 

 there being no less than seven recognized species in the group, 

 mostly very distinct from each other. The genus is perhaps 

 most numerous in mountainous country, where it is to be met 

 with as high as the vegetation is able to gain a foothold. In 

 habits Zosterops is gregarious, passing through the tops of the 

 trees in pursuit of its food in fairly large flocks ; it also at 

 times frequents the low jungle in neglected clearings, when it 

 is by no means shy, but perhaps rather inquisitive. 



Z. meyeni was common in the highlands of Luzon, where it 

 frequented the pine-forests in small flocks, mingled, perhaps, 

 with eight or nine other species. I watched a pair taking 

 their morning bath in the dew that had formed on a tree-fern 

 one morning within a few feet. On 24th January we found a 

 nest, containing two young ready to fly, on the summit of 

 Monte Data. 



Iris stone-grey; bill at base lead-blue, tipped with black ; 

 feet lead-blue. 



155. Zosterops siquijorensis B. & W. (Grant, Ibis, 



1896, p. 551.) 



This large Silver-eye was very common in the forest just 

 below the bare cone of Canloon, at an altitude of 6000 feet ; 

 it was very tame, especially towards evening, when it roosted 

 in some thick cistus-iike shrubs, near the ground. We dis- 

 covered many old nests in these bushes, and two containing 



