DICTUM. 629 



^TMeasurements of eleven males: Length, 89; culmen, 14; wing, 49; 

 tail, 26; tarsus, 13. Of four females: Length, 84; wing, 48; tail, 25; 

 tarsus, 12." {Bourns and Worcester.) 



"Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails dark brown; bill black. Breeding 

 in July." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



631. DIOEUM XANTHOPYGIUM Tweeddale. 



YELLOW-EUMPED FLOWERPECKER. 



Dicaum xanthopygium Tweeddai.e, Ann. & Mag. Nat Hist. (1877), 20, 95; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 698, pi. 73, fig. 1; Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1885), 10, 40; Grant, Ibis (1895), 454 (critical notes); 

 Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 234; McGeegor and Worcester, Hand-Liat 

 (1906), 97. 



Luzon (Everett, Whitehead); Marinduque (fiteere Exp."!)* Mindoro {Steere 

 Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Polillo {McGregor) . 



Male. — Rump bright lemon-yellow, otherwise scarcely different from 

 the male of D. dorsale. A male from Mindoro measures : Wing, 47 ; tail, 

 19; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 11. 



Female. — Eump pale lemon-yellow, otherwise similar to the female of 

 D. dorsale. A female from Mindoro, wing, 46; tail, 20; culmen from 

 base, 10; bill from nostril, 6; tarsus, 11. 



"Two males average: Length, 82; wing, 47; tail, 21; culmen, 13; 

 tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 13. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, feet, 

 ajad nails black." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



632. DIOEUM INTERMEDIUM Bourns and Worcester. 



INTERMEDIATE FLOWERPECKER. 



Dicceum intermedium Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 19; McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1906), 1, 775; 

 • McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96. 



Romblon (Bourns <£- Worcester, McGregor) ; Tablas (Bourns d Worcester, 

 Celestino) . 



Male. — Upper parts, including sides of head and of neck, and exposed 

 edges of wing- feathers and rectrices slate-blue, or dark indigo-blue ; patch 

 on center of back orpiment-orange ; rump faintly washed with olive- 

 green; lores black; chin and throat light ashy gray faintly and uniformly 

 washed with pale yellow; remainder of under parts bright yellow in- 

 clining to orange on middle of breast. Iris brown; bill, legs, and nails 

 black. Wing, 51; tail, 25; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 9; 

 tarsus, 14. 



* Steere did not record this species from Marinduque, but in Bourns and 

 Worcester's MS. notes I find the remark: "Doubtless also Marinduque." Cf. also 

 Worcester and Bourns, Distribution List, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. Washington 

 (1898), 20, 560, no. 361. 



