MANUAL OP PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



613. ZOSTEROPS EVERETTI Tweeddale. 

 CEBTJ SILVEREYE. 



Zosterops everetti TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 762; GADOW, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 163; BOURNS and WORCESTER, Minnesota 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 57 (critical notes); MCGREGOR 

 and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 95. 



Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor). 



Adult. Very similar to Z. basilanica, but the lores dusky; from Z. 

 siquijorcnsis and boholensis it differs in having a distinct blackish line 

 under the eye. A male measures : Wing, 53 ; tail, 37 ; culmen from base, 

 12.5; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15. A female, wing, 51; tail, 38; 

 culmen from base, 12 ; bill from nostril, 7.5 ; tarsus, 15. 



614. ZOSTEROPS BASILANICA Steere. 



STEEBE'S SILVEREYE. 



Zosterops basilanica STEERE, List Birds and Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

 21; GRANT, Ibis (1896), 552 (critical notes); (1897), 238; (1906), 

 473; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 232; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand- 

 List (1906), 95. 



Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor)-, Bongao (Everett) ; 

 Dinagat (Everett) ; Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead) ; Mindanao (Everett, Koch 

 d Schadenberg, Bourns d Worcester, Goodfellow) ; Papahag (Bartsch) ; Samar 

 (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead) ; Sulu (Bourns d Worcester). 



Adult. Kesembles Z. everetti, but the lores dusky; from Z. boholensis 

 and siquijorensis it differs in having a distinct dusky line under the eye 

 and the upper parts more greenish; sides of breast and of abdomen dark 

 cinereous. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 51; tail, 39; culmen 

 from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 16. A female, wing, 51; 

 tail, 40; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 15. 



615. ZOSTEROPS MEYLERI McGregor. 



CAMIQUIN SILVEKEYE. 



Zosterops meyleri MCGREGOR, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907) 2, Sec. A, 348. 

 Camiguin N. (McGregor). 



Male (type}. Above bright olive-yellow, lighter on rump; forehead 

 and lores golden yellow; ear-coverts and sides of neck like the back; 

 a wide circle of short, silky, white feathers about the eye bordered below 

 by a dusky line; below bright lemon-yellow; sides slightly dusky; wing- 

 feathers and rectrices dark brown edged with olive-yellow. Iris brown; 

 bill black, but basal two- thirds of lower mandible leaden blue; legs and 

 nails flesh-color. Length, 114; wing, 53; tail, 38; culmen from base, 

 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 16. 



