ZOSTEROPS. 615 



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

 buff; wing more than 65 ram. 

 ft 1 . Larger; bill more slender; front half of head olive-green. 



goodfellowi (p. 620) 

 6 2 . 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); McGREGOB and WORCESTER, 

 Hand-List (1906), 95. 



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



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

 yen, Steere Exp., Mollendorff, 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 arid 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; MC- 

 GREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (190G), 95. 



Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor, M earns, Bartsch). 



Diagnosis. Similar to Zosterops meyeni from the vicinity of Manila, 

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



