Part 249

e1. Upper parts black with a slight green gloss ... hypoleucum (p. 634) e2. Upper parts dark brown.

f1. Above sooty brown washed with olive; below white; fore neck, breast, and flanks washed with ashy ... mindanense (p. 635) f2. Above dark olive-brown; throat and fore neck ashy gray tinged with olive-yellow; breast and abdomen white tinged with yellow. ... everetti (p. 636)

d2. Under parts dull olive-gray; upper parts washed with olive-green. ... obscurum (p. 636)

b2. Upper parts not uniform in color; head, rump, and tail-coverts olive-green; mantle smoky brown ... nigrilore (p. 637)

623. DICÆUM RETROCINCTUM Gould.

RED-COLLARED FLOWERPECKER.

Dicæum retrocinctum Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1872), 10, 114; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 35; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.

Luzon (?); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Everett, McGregor).

Male and female.--Upper parts, including wings and tail, black with a slight blue gloss; a collar of scarlet-vermilion on hind neck; lores dead black; sides of head, chin, throat, and breast dull black with a small scarlet-vermilion patch in center of upper throat on line with the eyes; abdomen, flanks, thighs, crissum, and sides of breast white, mixed with gray on the sides; in the middle of lower breast an oblong scarlet-vermilion patch which is surrounded by black. A male measures: Length, 100; wing, 53; tail, 27; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 13.5. A female, wing, 50; tail, 26; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 14.

"Fairly abundant in Mindoro. Found both in the forest and in the coconut groves. Three males average: Length, 91; wing, 53; tail, 27; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12.7; middle toe with claw, 13.4. A female, length, 97; wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen, 15; tarsus, 14.4; middle toe with claw, 13. Iris dark reddish brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in Mindoro in the month of April." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

624. DICÆUM HÆMATOSTICTUM Sharpe.

WHITE-THROATED FLOWERPECKER.

Dicæum hæmatostictum Sharpe, Nature (1876), 14, 298; Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 336; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 35; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 243, pl. 6, fig. 2 (egg); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 233 (nest); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.

Guimaras (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay, Celestino); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).

Male.--Upper parts, including wings and tail, black with a slight blue gloss; cheeks, sides of head and of neck black; no red on the neck; under parts white; sides and flanks washed with ashy; a slate-black band or patch across fore breast; a broad band of scarlet-vermilion on middle of breast and abdomen. A male from Panay measures: Wing, 53; tail, 29; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7.5; tarsus, 14.

"Young.--Differs from the adult in being slaty gray above, the wings and tail being blacker, with grayish margins to the feathers; under surface of body ashy whitish, washed with yellowish on the abdomen and with grayish on the sides of the body." (Sharpe.)

"Found in deep woods, also in coconut groves and about flowering trees in the open. Frequently found feeding side by side with D. dorsale. Fourteen males average: Length, 94; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Thirteen females, length, 93; wing, 53; tail, 27; culmen, 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris very dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Whitehead collected one fresh egg of this species at the base of Canlaon Volcano, Negros, on March 19, 1896. It is described as follows: "Shape ovate. Ground-color very pale greenish white, profusely spotted towards the larger end with rather heavy clouded lilac under-markings and olive-brown specks, which are distributed sparingly over the rest of the shell. Measurements 17 mm. by 12 mm. The only nest found was suspended from the end of a branch some distance from the ground." (Grant and Whitehead.)

625. DICÆUM PAPUENSE (Gmelin).

PHILIPPINE FLOWERPECKER.

Pipra papuensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. (1788), 1, pt. 2, 1004. Dicæum rubriventer Lesson, Traité d'Orn. (1831), 303; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 36; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 233 (habits). Dicæum schistaceum Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 111, pl. 8, fig. 1 (young). Dicæum papuense McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.

Pi-pit pu-ña-la-da, Manila.

Basiao, off Samar (Bartsch); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Samar (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).

Male and female.--Above black with a slight slate-blue gloss; lores and ear-coverts black; chin, throat, and crissum white; remainder of under parts cinereous, whitish on middle of lower abdomen; a wide scarlet-vermilion line down center of breast and abdomen. Iris red; bill, legs, and claws black. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 56; tail, 31; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14. A female from Lubang, wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 14.

Young.--Upper parts and sides of head and of neck dull smoky brown; under parts dirty cinereous, slightly lighter on throat and tail-coverts.

"The occurrence of this species in Masbate is somewhat surprising. We should naturally expect to find D. hæmatostictum there. D. papuense is, however, abundant, and D. hæmatostictum apparently does not occur. Habits similar to D. hæmatostictum, and never occurs in the same island with it so far as known. Eight males average: Length, 93; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Five females, length, 93; wing, 52; tail, 27; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 13.4. Bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in Samar and Mindanao in August; in Cebu in June." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

626. DICÆUM LUZONIENSE Grant.

LUZON FLOWERPECKER.