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); McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 95.
Cu-sil-sil, Benguet; ti-tit, Calayan.
Banton (Celestino); Calayan (McGregor); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon
(Meyen, Steere Exp., Möllendorff, 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;
primaries, 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 and 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.)