5. Bic^uM. 29 



sides of neck, throat, and under surface of body ashy grey, the 

 lower abdomen yellowish white ; flanks olive-yellow ; on the fore 

 neck a distinct triangular patch of scarlet ; thighs ashy ; under 

 tail-coverts yellowish white, with ohve-brown centres ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries pure white ; quills dusky brown below, ashy 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 3-1 inches, culmen 

 0"45, wing 1-95, tail 1, tarsus 0"5. 



Hob. Batchian, Gilolo, and Morty Island in the Moluccas. 



a. S ad. sk. Batchian. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tvpe of species.) 

 h. (S ad. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, E-q. [C.l. 



c. S ad. sk. Morty Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [O.J. 



20. Dicaeitm vulneratuin. 



Dicseiuu vulneratum, Ji'all. P. Z. S. 1863, p. .32, note ; Fimch, Neu- 

 Gumea, p. 163 (186-5); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 115, no. 1428 

 (1869) ; Meyer, Sifz. K. Akad. Wien, \xx. p. 122 (1874) ; S(dvud. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 82 ; id. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 67 

 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pajmasia etc. ii. p. 271 (1881) ; id. Report Birds 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. p. 63 (1881) ; Bias. u. Xehrk. Verh. z.-b. 

 Gesellsch. Wien, 1882, p. 425. 



Adult male. General colour above dark brown, a trifle lighter on 

 the head ; wing-coverts like the back, with a slight steely gloss on 

 the greater series ; quills blackish brown with lighter brown edges ; 

 lower rump and upper tail-coverts scarlet ; tail-feathers black, with 

 slight margins of brown ; feathers round the eye, lores, sides of 

 face, and ear-coverts ashy brown, with lighter shaft-lines on the 

 latter ; cheeks and under surface of body pale ashy, whiter on the 

 throat ; on the chest a patch of scarlet vermilion ; lower abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts whitish, the latter slightly mottled with 

 pale ashy-brown centres to the feathers ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts white, ashy brown along the outer edge of the wing ; quills 

 brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total 

 length 3"4 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1'95, tail 1-05, tarsus O'o. 



Adult fe male {Kmhoma. ; Teysman). Differs from the male in tho 

 colour of the under surface. The scarlet pectoral patch is absent, 

 the throat and centre of the body is pure white, the under tail- 

 coverts slightly washed with olive, as well as the lower flanks, 

 which are otherwise ashy grey like the sides of the breast. Total 

 length 2-9 inches, wing 1-8, tail 0'85, tarsus 0-45. {Mus. Lugd.) 



Hah. Ceram ; Amboina; Manuvolka. 



a. ^ ad. ; h. 5 juv. sk. Ceram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c, $ ad. sk. Amboina. Voy. of H.M.S. * Challenger.' 



21. Dicseum pectorale. 



Dicfeum pectorale, Miill. ^- Schkgel, Verh. Natuurl. Gesch. Land- en 

 Volkenk. p. 162, note (1839-44); Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 47; 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 100 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 403 (1850) ; Sclater, 

 Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 157 (1858) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 190 ; id. 



