40 DICJEIDiE. 



3G. DicsBum dorsale. 



Dicffium dorsale, Shnrpe, Nature, Auo. 1S7G, p. 298 ; id. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. 2nd ser. Zool. i. p. 340 (1876) j Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 703 ; 

 Gould, B. Asia, part xxx. (1877) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Orn. Works 

 Tweedd. p. 658 (1881). 



Adult male. Above bright slaty grey, with the head rather clearer; 

 a patch on the interscapular region orange-vermilion ; the wing- 

 coverts uniform with the back, the outer ones narrowly washed 

 with olivaceous : quills blackish, externally margined with the 

 same colour as the back ; a few of the secondaries edged with 

 olivaceous, the innermost uniform with the back ; upper tail-covcrts 

 slaty grey ; tail black, the feathers edged with slaty ; lores black ; 

 sides of face dark slaty grey ; underneath very bright orange ; throat 

 and lower abdomen yellow ; under wing-coverts and axiilaries pale 

 yelloAv; thighs ashy internally, externally yellow; bill blackish, 

 mandible pale towards the base ; feet dark brown. Total length 

 3-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 1-9, tail 1-05, tarsus 0-55. 



Female. Different from the male ; above olive-green, the rump 

 more yellowish ; sides of the face uniform with the head ; under 

 surface of body bright yellowish ; breast and under wing-coverts 

 richer in colour. Total length 37 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 1-9, 

 tail 0-9, tarsus 0'55. 



Hah. Islands of Cebu and Panay, in the Philippine archipelago. 



37. DicaeTim xanthopygium. 



Dicseum xauthopyglum, Tweedd. Ann. c^ Mac/. Nat. Hist. (4) xx. p. 98 

 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 098, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 1 ; Wardlaio Ramsay, 

 Orn. Works Tiveedd. p. 658 (1881) ; Meyer, Voy. Ostind. Arch. 

 p. 39 (1884). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above clear slaty 

 bliie, with a patch of orange-scarlet in the centre of the back ; rump 

 bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts slaty blue like the back ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; primary- coverts and quills blackish, the pri- 

 maries margined with greyish blue, the inner secondaries slaty blue 

 like the back ; tail black ; lores blackish ; sides of face, cheeks, and 

 ear-coverts slaty blue, a little darker than the head ; entire throat 

 bright yellow ; fore neck and breast deep orange; the flanks, vent, 

 and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; thighs yellowish white, blackish 

 behind ; under wing-coverts and axiilaries white, with a slight tinge 

 of yellow ; quills blackish below, white along the edge of the inner 

 web ; " bill black ; legs dark greyish brown ; iris dark brown " (A. 

 Everett). Total length 3-2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1-9, tail 0-9, 

 tarsus 0"5. (il/tts. li. G. Wardlaiu Ramsay.) 



Hah. Luzon. 



38. Dicseum cinereigulare. 



Dicpeum cinereigulare, Tweedd. P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 829, & 1878, p. 950; 

 Wardlaiu Ramsay, Orn. Works Tiveedd. p. 658 (1881). 



