Part 254

Basilan (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Murray); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).

"Adult male (type of species).--General color above sooty brown, washed with olive, grayer on the rump, the head washed with a little yellower olive; lesser wing-coverts like the back; remainder of wing-coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dark brown, externally edged with olive; upper tail-coverts washed with light olive; tail-feathers blackish, edged with olive, with a narrow white fringe at the end of the inner web of the three outermost feathers; lores, feathers round the eye, sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks sooty black; throat and under surface of body white, washed with ashy on the fore neck, breast, and flanks; under tail-coverts white, with an olive-yellow tinge; under wing-coverts and axillars white, with a slight tinge of yellow; edge of wing sooty brown; quills dusky below, white along the edge of the inner web. Length, 81; culmen, 14; wing, 48.2; tail, 25.4; tarsus, 12.7." (Sharpe.)

"So far as we can judge from the figure in The Ibis, Dr. Sharpe has confused D. mindanense with D. hypoleucum. The two species occur together in Basilan and Sulu, and probably also in Tawi Tawi. Seven males average: Length, 90; wing, 52; tail, 26.6; culmen, 14, tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 13. Eight females, length, 87.6; wing, 50; tail, 24; culmen, 14.4; tarsus, 12.7; middle toe with claw, 13. Iris brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in Basilan in the month of September." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

643. DICÆUM EVERETTI Tweeddale.

EVERETT'S FLOWERPECKER.

Dicæum everetti Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, 537; Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 111, pl. 8, fig. 2; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 47; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 234 (nest); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97. Dicæum modestum Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 380.

Bohol (McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead); Panaon (Everett); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).

"Adult male (type of D. modestum).--General color above dark olive-brown, the head uniform with the back; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform dark brown; greater wing-coverts and quills dark brown, edged with yellowish olive, more distinct on the secondaries; upper tail-coverts brown, washed with olive; tail black; lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts dusky olive-brown, the cheeks lighter olive-ashy; throat and fore neck ashy gray, olive-yellow on the chin, a tinge of the latter color also pervading the throat; breast and abdomen pale whitish tinged with yellow; sides of body, flanks, and under tail-coverts pale olive-greenish; under wing-coverts and axillars white, with a faint tinge of yellow; quills dusky brown below, ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web. Length, 80; culmen, 11.4; wing, 48; tail, 24; tarsus, 12.7 (Mus. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay.)

"Observation.--I have compared the types of D. modestum and D. everetti in Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay's collection, and can not find any specific difference between them." (Sharpe.)

"Quite common in Samar, and so far as our observation goes, a strictly deep woods bird. A male measures: Length, 89; wing, 50; tail, 24; culmen, 11; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 13. Two females, length, 84; wing, 46; tail, 22.6; culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 11.6; middle toe with claw, 12. Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails dark brown; bill black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

644. DICÆUM OBSCURUM Grant.

DUSKY FLOWERPECKER.

Dicæum obscurum Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 50; Ibis (1894), 515; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 234 (feeding habits); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.

Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).

Male and female.--Above olive-brown, with a wash of green on rump and tail-coverts; wing-feathers and rectrices blackish brown, edged with olive-green; inner webs of quills edged with white; under parts gray, washed with sage-green and with a light streak on middle of breast and of abdomen. Iris light brown; upper mandible dark brown; lower mandible light brown; legs and nails about the same color as lower mandible. Length, 88 to 96. A male measures: Wing, 54; tail, 27; culmen from base, 12.5; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 15. A female, wing, 51; tail, 24; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 15.

This neutral-colored flowerpecker, which appears to be confined to the mountains of Luzon, is difficult to describe, but it may be easily recognized by its dull coloration.

645. DICÆUM NIGRILORE Hartert.

BLACK-LORED FLOWERPECKER.

Dicæum nigrilore Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1904), 15, 8; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.

Mindanao (Waterstradt, Mearns).

Male and female.--Head, nape, and ear-coverts greenish yellow; lores and a line under eye and ear-coverts blackish; mantle and sides of neck sepia-brown; lower back, rump, and tail-coverts greenish yellow; chin, fore part of throat, abdomen, and middle of breast white; throat and breast ash-gray; flanks and crissum bright yellow; wings and tail blackish brown; primaries edged with white; the other feathers edged with greenish yellow. A female measures: Wing, 52; tail, 27; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 14.

This is a very distinct species which is found only in the mountains of Mindanao.

Genus PRIONOCHILUS Strickland, 1841.

Bill short and stout, very wide at base; gonys decidedly convex; first primary less than one-half the second or wanting. The Philippine species that are usually placed in this genus are not uniform in generic characters. P. johannæ has a short first primary and a moderately stout bill; it resembles P. ignicapillus and is probably a typical Prionochilus. P. olivaceous has a short first primary and the bill somewhat stouter than P. johannæ. Prionochilus quadricolor, P. bicolor, and P. inexpectatus resemble one another in having the bill short and very stout and the true first primary absent.

Species.

a1. Under parts red and yellow ... johannæ (p. 638) a2. Under parts white, or white and gray.

b1. Mantle bright red ... quadricolor (p. 638) b2. Mantle not red.

c1. Entire upper parts glossy blue-black.