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by its altogether brighter plumage above and below, and by the brilliant 
golden yellow frontal band, which forms a conspicuous patch on the lores 
and in frout of the eyes. 
“Adult male.—Length, abou ld: wing, 47 to 52; tail, 35.5 to 38; 
tarsus, 15. 
“Adult female—Length, about 114; wing, 49.5 to 52; tail, 35.5 
to 38; tarsus, 15.” (Grant.) 
A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 50; tail 
35; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15. 
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619. ZOSTEROPS NIGRORUM Tweeddale. 
NEGROS SILVEREYE, 
Zosterops nigrorwm TWEEDDALE, Proce. Zool. Soc. (1878), 286; Gapow, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 186; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 232 
(habits) ; McGrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 95. 
Cresta de Gallo (McGregor); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Panay, (Steere 
Ezp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor). 
Adult——Similar to Z. aureiloris. Above dark olive-yellow; frontal 
band and lores bright lemon-yellow; a black line under eye; eye-ring 
interrupted in front by a small black spot; sides of head and neck like 
the back; chin and throat lemon-yellow, becoming more greenish on 
breast and abdomen. In general color this species is much greener than 
Z. auretloris or other related species. Iris greenish white; bill dark 
above, bluish horn-color below; legs plumbeous; nails light horn-color. 
A male from Masbate measures: Length, 114; wing, 53; tail, 37; 
culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15. A female from 
Masbate, wing, 52; tail, 36; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 
7.5; tarsus, 15. 
“Found in abundance about flowering trees in the forest together with 
sunbirds and Dicwide. Ten males average: Length, 114; wing, 55; 
tail, 40; culmen, 14; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 14.4 Nine 
females, length, 111; wing, 53.5; tail, 39; culmen, 13.7; tarsus, 14.4 
middle toe with claw, 14. Iris light brown; legs and feet pale slaty; 
bill same color. Breeding in Negros in the month of January.” (Bourns 
and Worcester MS.) 
620. ZOSTEROPS GOODFELLOW! Hartert. 
GOODFELLOW’S SILVEREYE, 
Zosterops goodfellowi Hartrert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1903), 14, 13; 
McGrecor and WoRcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 96; Grant, Ibis (1906), 
473. 
Mindanao (Goodfellow). 
Male.—Above olive-green ; forehead and line over eye drab ; ear-coverts 
dull green; lores blackish ; no white eye-ring; chin and fore throat buffy 
