10 BIC^ID^. 



inner web. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-45, tail 

 moulting, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Duller in colour than the male and more greenish 

 oliye above and ashy olive below, being paler on the abdomen ; 

 greater wing-coverts and secondaries pale yellowish white at the 

 tips. 



Tounrj male. Like the old female, but a little brighter olive- 

 yellow, and having very distinct tips of pale yellow on the wing- 

 coverts and secondaries. 



Hah. Sandwich Islands. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. 



c, d. Ad. at imm. sk. Sandwich Islands. Capt. Lord Bvron [P.]. 



(Type of N.fava.) 



e. Imm. sk. Sandwich Islands. Capt. Lord Byron [P.]. 



/. (S ad. ; g. 2 ^d. sk. Sandwich Islands. John Gould, Esq. 



h. S ; i, ^. 2 ad. ; Hilo, Owhyhee. Voy. of H.M.S. ' Chal- 



l. cJ juv. sk. lenger.' 



5. DIC-ffiUM* Type. 



Dicseum, Cuvier, Regne An. i. p. 410 (1817) .... D. cruentatum. 

 Myzanthe, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 983 (184.3) D. iguipectus. • 

 Microchelidon, Reiclienb. Handb. Scnnsortcs, p. 24.3 



(1853) D. hirundinaceum. 



Bills of B. minim, D. hirundinaceum, and B. cruentatum, to show 

 the diiferences in size of bill in the genus BiccBum. 



Range. Indian peninsula and Ceylon ; Southern China and 

 Hainan ; Burmese countries ; Malayan peninsula ; Sunda Islands ; 

 Philippines ; whole of the Malayan archipelago ; New Guinea and 

 Papuan Islands to the eastward ; Australia. 



* DlC^rM GEISEUM. 



Grimpereau gris de la Chine, Sonn. Voy. Ind. Orient, ii. p. 210, pi. 61. 



fig. 3 (1776-82). 

 Certhia grisea, Scop. Bel. Flor. et Faun. Insider, ii. p. 91 (1786, ex Sonn.). 

 Phenacistes griseus, Rcichenb. Handb. Scans, p. 244 (1853). 

 Dicseum griseum, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 115, no. 1431 (1869). 



Is certainly not a Bicaum, and seems to me to be intended for Burnesia 

 socialis (Sykes) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 208. 



DiCEUM MAUG^I. 



Dicseum maugsei, Less. Traife, p. 303 (1831) ; Gray, Gen. 5. i. p. 100 (1847) ; 

 id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 115, no. 1430 (1869). 



Bill aurora-red ; plumage grey above, white below ; cheeks and throat reddish 

 (Lesson). 

 Hah. Timor. 

 Not recognized by subsequent authors. 



