ZOSTEROPS. 615 
a?, Eye without a circle of white feathers; chin and fore throat very pale cream- 
buff; wing more than 65 mm. 
b%. Larger; bill more slender; front half of head olive-green. 
goodfellowi (p. 620) 
b?. Smaller; bill stouter; front half of head grayish brown. 
malindangensis (p. 621) 
606. ZOSTEROPS MEYENI Bonaparte. 
MEYEN’S SILVEREYE, 
Zosterops meyer BONAPARTE, Consp. Genera Avium (1850), 1, 398; Gapow, * 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 180; Grant, Ibis (1895), 452; 
WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 231 (habits); McGregor and WoRrCESTER, 
Hand-List (1906), 95. 
Cu-sil-sil, Benguet; ti-tit, Calayan. 
Banton (Celestino) ; Calayan (McGregor); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Me- 
yen, Steere Hap., Méllendorff, Bourns & Worcester, 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-yellow; 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. Orn. Club (1903), 14, 13; Me- 
GREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 95. 
Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor, Mearns, Bartsch). 
Diagnosis.—Similar to Zosterops meyeni from the vicinity of Manila, 
but male and female “differ conspicuously in being darker above and not 
