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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 front of the eyes. 



"Adult male. Length, about 114; 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. 



619. ZOSTEROPS NIGRORUM Tweeddale. 

 NEGROS BILVEEEYE. 



Zosterops nigrorum TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 286; GADOW, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 186; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 232 

 (habits); MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 95. 



Cresta de Gallo (McGregor)', Masbate (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor)-, 

 Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead) ; Panay, (Steere 

 Exp., 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. aureiloris 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 Dicceida. Ten males average: Length, 111; 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 GOODFELLOWI Hartert. 

 GOODFELLOWS SILVEREYE. 



Zosterops goodfellowi HARTERT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1903), 14, 13; 

 MCGREGOR 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 



