618. ZOSTEROPS AUREILORIS Grant.
GOLDEN-LORED SILVEREYE.
- Zosterops aureiloris Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1895), 4, 40; Ibis (1895), 453; (1896), 468; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 232; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 95.
Caluya (Porter);[80] Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro (Whitehead).
“This beautiful species is most nearly allied to Z. luzonica Grant, from the Mayon Volcano, in the Albay district, but is distinguished 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.