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d1. Under parts entirely white ... bicolor (p. 640) d2. Under parts mostly light gray; chin, throat, and middle of breast and of abdomen white ... inexpectatus (p. 640)

c2. Entire upper parts olive-yellow ... olivaceus (p. 639)

646. PRIONOCHILUS JOHANNÆ Sharpe.

PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER.

Prionochilus johannæ Sharpe, Ibis (1888), 201, pl. 4, fig. 1; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.

Balabac (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Steere, Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Celestino, White).

Male.--Upper parts slate-blue; center of crown scarlet; rump lemon-yellow; wing-feathers and rectrices black, edged with slate-blue; lores black; sides of head, of neck, and of breast slate-blue; a white included line on jaw; under parts rich lemon-yellow, fading to white on thighs and crissum; a scarlet patch on center of chest; axillars, wing-lining, edge of wing, and inner webs of quills white. A male measures: Wing, 52; tail, 25; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 7.5; greatest width of upper mandible, 6; tarsus, 14.

Female.--Upper parts including exposed edges of wing-feathers and rectrices olivaceous; band on tail-coverts lemon-yellow; center of crown with a dull yellow patch; sides of head and neck gray, washed with olivaceous; jaw with an obscure cinereous streak; chin and throat white, washed with yellow; breast and abdomen lemon-yellow, lighter posteriorly; sides and flanks gray, washed with greenish yellow; crissum white. Wing, 48; tail, 24; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14.

"Abundant both in Palawan and the Calamianes Islands. Found about fruit trees in or near the woods. Eleven males average: Length, 93; wing, 53; tail, 28; culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 13.7; middle toe with claw, 13.7. Ten females, length, 92; wing, 50; tail, 26; tarsus, 13.4; middle toe with claw, 14; culmen, 13. Specimens from the Calamianes average very slightly smaller. Legs, feet, and nails black; bill black except base of lower mandible, which is yellow or gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

647. PRIONOCHILUS QUADRICOLOR Tweeddale.

FOUR-COLORED FLOWERPECKER.

Prionochilus quadricolor Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 762, pl. 77, fig. 2; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 70; Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 57 (description of female and young); McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 308. Prionochilus quidricolor McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97 (error).

Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).

Male.--A large triangular mantle-patch scarlet-vermilion, the black bases of the feathers showing somewhat; lower back ochraceous tinged with green; remainder of upper parts, including sides of head and neck, wings, and tail, glossy blue-black; under parts cinereous; chin, a narrow line on middle of breast, center of abdomen, crissum, thighs, axillars, wing-lining, and inner webs of quills white; flanks washed with light olive. Length, 90; wing, 53; tail, 25; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 6; greatest width of bill, 7; tarsus, 14.

"Adult female.--Above brown, head faintly washed with olive; back, wing-coverts, and outer webs of secondaries heavily washed with olive-yellow, rump almost entirely of the latter color; entire under surface grayish white faintly tinged with olive-yellow, lighter along center of breast and abdomen; under wing-coverts, axillars, and inner webs of quills pure white.

"Young male.--Like female but lacks yellow wash on outer webs of secondaries, the wing and tail being black as in adult male." (Bourns and Worcester.)

"The locality Panaon, assigned to this species in the Catalogue of Birds, is a manifest error. The type specimen, an unsexed bird which was rightly supposed to be a male, was obtained in Cebu by Everett. No additional specimen seems to have been secured until 1892, when we again found it in Cebu. Ten males average as follows: Length, 90; wing, 52; tail, 26; culmen, 11.4; tarsus, 13.4; middle toe with claw, 13.7. Six females, length, 89; wing, 52; tail, 25; culmen, 11.6; tarsus, 13.4; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris chocolate-brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in June. Food fruit." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

648. PRIONOCHILUS OLIVACEUS Tweeddale.

OLIVACEOUS FLOWERPECKER.

Prionochilus olivaceus Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, 536; Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 111, pl. 8, fig. 3; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 75; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 235; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.

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

Male.--Above bright olive-green; wing-feathers and rectrices olive-brown, edged with olive-green; lores white; under parts smoke-gray; chin, a broad median line on throat, breast, and abdomen white, sides of abdomen and flanks streaked with white; thighs smoke-gray mixed with white; crissum white faintly washed with yellow; axillars and wing-lining white. Length, about 100. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 56; tail, 26; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 6.5; greatest width of bill, 6.5; tarsus, 15.

Female.--Similar to the male, but with the gray of under parts more ashy. A female from Basilan, wing, 54; tail, 25; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 6.5; tarsus, 13.

"Found in the forest and second growth. Never seen about open fields. Feeds on seeds and fruits. Breeding in Basilan in August. Four males from Basilan average: Length, 97; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 12.9; middle toe with claw, 14.7. Iris brownish red; legs, feet, and nails brown to black; bill black except base of lower mandible, which is ashy gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

649. PRIONOCHILUS BICOLOR Bourns and Worcester.

BICOLORED FLOWERPECKER.

Prionochilus bicolor Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 20; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.

Mindanao (Bourns & Worcester).