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. 

 Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 21; GRANT, Ibis (1896), 551; WHITEHEAD, 

 Ibis (1899), 232 (habits, distribution); MCGREGOR 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. meyeni, 

 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 Iceta (not of De Vis) MCGREGOR, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. 



A, 329. 

 Zosterops boholensis MCGREGOR, 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. 



