628 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



629. DIC/EUM DORSALE Sharpe. 



SHAKPE'S FLOWERPEC^ER. 



Dicceum dorsale Shabpe, Nature (1876), 14, 298; Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. 

 Zool. (1877), 1, 340; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 40; White- 

 head, Ibis (1899), 232; McGkegob and Wokcesteb, Hand-List (1906), 

 96. 



Masbate {Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros {Steere Exp., 

 Bourns 'd Worcester, Whitehead, Celestino) ; Panay {Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns 

 d Worcester) . 



Male. — Above dark plumbeous or slate-blue; wing-feathers and rec- 

 trices black, edged with slate-blue; a patch of feathers in the middle of 

 upper back orpiment-orange ; sides of head and neck slate-blue; lores 

 black; under parts bright lemon-yellow, becoming cadmium-yellow on 

 abdomen and orpiment-orange on breast; inner webs of quills white; 

 axillars and wing-lining white, washed with yellow. Iris light brown; 

 bill and nails black; legs dark slate-blue. A male from Masbate meas- 

 ures: Wing, 50; tail, 23; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; 

 tarsus, 13. 



"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 color. Length, 

 9-4; culmen, 12.7; wing, 48; tail, 22.8; tarsus, 14." (Sharpe.) 



"True D. dorsale is confined to Panay, Negros, and Masbate, where it 

 is abundant both about flowering and fruiting trees in the forest, and in 

 coconut groves. Five males average: Length, 89; wing, 49; tail, 24; 

 culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 13. Six females, wing, 48; 

 tail, 24; culmen, 14; tarsus, 12.4; middle toe with claw, 13. Iris very 

 dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black." (Bourns and Worcester 

 MS.) 



630. DIOEUM PALLIDIUS Bourns and Worcester. 



• PALER FLOWERPECKER. 



Dicccum pallidior Bourns and Worcester, ^Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. 

 Papers (1894), 1, 18; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96. 



Cebu (Everett, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) . 



Male. — Similar to D. dorsale, but the upper parts and sides of head 

 and of neck lighter, nearly indigo-blue; feathers of occiput and neck 

 fringed with olivaceous; under parts more uniform in color and the 

 orange of breast less rich. Males with the appearance of maturity have 

 the base of the bill dull yellow. Length, about 90; wing, 50; tail, 25; 

 culmen from base, 11 ; bill from nostril, 7.5; tarsus, 14. 



Female. — Above olive-green ; below tea-green ; chin, middle of breast 

 and of abdomen, and crissum bright lemon-yellow. Wing, 48; tail, 22; 

 culmen from base, 12 ; bill from nostril, 8 ; tarsus, 13. 



