626 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



625. DIC/EUM PAPUENSE (Gmelin). 



PHILIPPINE FLOWEKPECKER. 



Pipra papuensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. (1788), 1, pt. 2, 1004. 



DiccEum rubriventer Lesson, Traits d' Orn. (1831), 303; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 36; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 233 (habits). 

 Dicceum schistaceum Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 111, pi. 8, fig. 1 



(young). 

 DiccEum papuense McGbegob and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96. 



Pi-pit pu-na-la-da, Manila. 



Basiao, off Samar (Bartsch) ; Basilan {Steere Exp., Bourns £ Worcester, 

 McGregor) ; Bohol {McGregor) ; Camiguin N. {McGregor) ; Cebu {Everett, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Dinagat {Everett) ; Leyte (White- 

 head) ; Lubang {McGregor); Luzon {Everett, Whitehead, McGregor); Marin- 

 duque {Steere Exp.) ; Masbate {Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao 

 (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Samar (Bourfis d Wor- 

 cester, Whitehead); Ticao {McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). 



Male and female. — Above black with a slight slate-blue gloss; lores 

 and ear-coverts black; chin, throat, and crissum white; remainder of 

 under parts cinereous, whitish on middle of lower abdomen; a wide 

 scarlet-vermilion line down center of breast and abdomen. Iris red; 

 bill, legs, and claws black. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 56; 

 tail, 31; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14. A 

 female from Lubang, wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen from base, 12; bill 

 from nostril, 8 ; tarsus, 14. 



Young. — Upper parts and sides of head ^nd of neck dull smoky brown ; 

 under parts dirty cinereous, slightly lighter on throat and tail-coverts. 



"The occurrence of this species in Masbate is somewhat surprising. 

 We should naturally expect to find D. hcematostictum there. D. pa- 

 puense is, however, abundant, and D. hcematostictum apparently does 

 not occur. Habits similar to D. hcematostictum, and never occurs in 

 the same island with it so far as known. Eight males average : Length, 

 93; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. 

 Five females, length, 93; wing, 52; tail, 27; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; 

 middle toe with claw, 13.4. Bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding 

 in Samar and Mindanao in August; in Cebu in June." (Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



626. DIOeUM LUZONIENSE Grant. 



LUZON FLOWERPECKER. 



Dicaum luzonien.se Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 1; Ibis (1897), 

 238; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 235; McGregor and Wobcesteb, Hand- 

 List (1906), 96. 



Cu-si-ti, Benguet. 



Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor) . 



Adult male. — Upper parts, including exposed edges of wing-feathers 

 and rectrices, glossy steel-green; lores black; sides of head and of neck 



