ZOSTEROPS. 617 
a faint yellow wash on middle of breast and abdomen; wing-coverts 
olive-yellow like the back; quills blackish and, except first primary, 
edged with olive-yellow, inner webs margined with white; edge of wing 
light yellow; axillars and wing-lining white, faintly washed with yellow; 
rectrices blackish edged with olive-yellow. Iris light brown; upper 
mandible black; lower mandible and legs leaden blue; nails brown. 
Length, 127; wing, 58; tail, 43; culmen from base, 14; bill from 
nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 18. Iris pale brown; upper mandible black; lower 
mandible and legs lead-blue; nails brown. 
Female.—Similar to the male. Wing, 55; tail, 40; culmen from 
base, 13; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18. 
A nest containing four fresh eggs of the Batan silvereye was taken 
on June 1, 1907. The nest, compactly made of plant fibers, was situated 
in the fork of a small tree; its inside diameter is 63 mm.; inside depth, 
33. The eggs are pale blue and unmarked; they measure from 16.5 
to 17.5 mm. in length, and from 12.1 to 12.9 mm. in breadth. Two 
nests containing young birds were found on the 5th of June. 
611. ZOSTEROPS SIQUIJORENSIS Bourns and Worcester. 
SIQUIJOR SILVEREYE, 
Zosterops siquijorensis BOURNS and WoRCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Oce. Papers (1894), 1, 21; Grant, Ibis (1896), 551; WHITEHEAD, 
Ibis (1899), 232 (habits, distribution) ; McGrecor and WORCESTER, 
Hand-List (1906), 95. 
Bu-lai-og’, Siquijor. 
Negros (Whitehead, Celestino) ; Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino). 
Male and female.—Above bright olive-yellow similar to Z. meyent, 
but with a well-marked, yellow, frontal band; lores yellow; a faint 
dusky line under eye; below similar to Z. meyeni, but with a well- 
developed median line of lemon-yellow; sides of breast and of abdomen 
pale ashy gray. A male from Siquijor measures: Wing, 54; tail, 42; 
culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 17. A female, wing, 
54; tail, 39; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 16. 
612. ZOSTEROPS BOHOLENSIS McGregor. 
- BOHOL SILVEREYE. 
Zosterops leta (not of De Vis) McGrecor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, see. 
A, 329. 
Zosterops boholensis McGrecor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1908), 3, sec. A. 283. 
Bohol (McGregor). 
Male and female.—Similar to Z. siquijorensis, but the sides of breast 
and abdomen darker ash-gray or cinereous; white eye-circle interrupted 
in front by a small dusky spot. The type measures: Length, 119; wing, 
60; tail, 43; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15. 
A female, wing, 51; tail, 36; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 
7.5; tarsus, 15. 
