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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



31. Dicceum mindanense, Tvveedd. (PI. V. fig. 1). 



Dicceum mindanense, Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 547. 



[No. 433, £ . Pasananca.] 

 % . Above, cheeks and ear-coverts fuliginous olive-green. Below greyish white, 

 most grey on the breast ; quills dark brown, narrowly margined with olive-green on outer 

 webs ; tertiaries with the olive-green margins broader ; rectrices dark brown, faintly 

 edged with olive ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; feet and bill black. Wing, 

 l'O ; tail, 1*1 ; bill, from forehead, 0"59 ; tarsus, 1*5. The bill is not normal, being- 

 longer than the head. 



This species is a representative form of D. hypoleucum, ex Basilau, which is black 

 above and larger. 



32. Nectarophila jvlice, Tweedd. (PI. V. figs. 2, 3). 



Nedarophila juliai, Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877. p. 547; 1878, p. 951. 

 [No. 402, $ .) 



No. 403, $ 



No. 404, ? 



$ . Forehead, entire head, and nape, brilliant metallic coppery green ; chin, throat, 

 and upper breast brilliant metallic amethystine ; space before the eyes black ; cheeks and 

 ear-coverts brown ; lesser wing-coverts, uropygium, and upper tail-coverts brilliant metallic 

 emerald-green ; breast-feathers deep yellow, with orange-coloured tips ; abdomen, vent, 

 and under tad-coverts yellowish olive-green ; under wing-coverts pale yellow and white ; 

 axillaries pale yellow ; back and major wing-coverts and scapulars maroon-red ; quills 

 dark brown, externally margined with yellowish ruddy-brown ; rectrices black ; bill and 

 feet black. The second example has no orange edging to the pectoral feathers. 



$ . Dull olive-green above, a narrow line passing from the base of bdl over the eye 

 pale yellow ; chin, throat, abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts pale yellow ; breast the 

 same, tinged with grey ; minor wing-coverts olive-green, some tipped and centred with 

 ruddy brown ; quills dark brown, margined with ruddy brown ; greater wing-coverts and 

 scapulars ruddy brown, mixed with olive-green ; inner edges of some of the quills mar- 

 gined with white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale yellow and white ; cheeks pale 

 yellow ; ear-coverts olive-green ; rectrices black, middle pair narrowly, the others broadly 

 tipped with white, outer pair for nearly half their length white ; bill and feet black. 



Malanipa. Eyes hazel. Were quite numerous on the island, generally 

 about the tops of the high trees.] 



A true Nectarophila. The figures (PI. V.) are taken from specimens 403 and 404. 



