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 white; remainder of under parts light green, becoming light
sulphur-yellow on middle of breast and abdomen; wing-feathers and
rectrices blackish brown edged with olive-green. "Iris reddish brown;
bill all plumbeous black; feet and claws pale olive." (Mearns.) Length,
158; wing, 72; tail, 56; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 9;
tarsus, 20. The male is described from a specimen collected by Mearns.
"Female.--Above olive-green, crown and ear-coverts tinged with brown;
remiges deep brown with greenish outer edges and pale sulphur-yellow
inner margins; tail brown with olive-green outer webs; under side
sulphur-yellow; chin and upper throat pale buff; fore neck and sides of
breast and abdomen strongly tinged with olive-greenish. No indication
of white orbital ring. Wing, 71 to 75; tail, 58; bill from feathers,
12.5; tarsus, 21." (Hartert.)
Goodfellow's silvereye is a very distinct species of entirely different
coloration from any of the preceding species. It is known only from
Mount Apo, Mindanao.