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with yellow; chin light yellow; under parts ashy gray, washed with 

 yellow on sides and flanks, and with a band of yellow down middle of 

 breast and abdomen; imder tail-coverts yellow. A female from Bohol, 

 wing, 47; tail, 21; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 12. 



"Five males average : Length, 8G ; wing, 49 ; tail, 23.6 ; culmen, 12 ; 

 tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 12. Two females, length, 83.5; wing, 

 45; tail, 20.5; culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 11; middle toe with claw, 12. Iris 

 dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in Samar in 

 August." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Three sets of eggs of this flowerpecker were collected by Whitehead 

 near Paranas, Samar, in July, 1890. These eggs are described as rather 

 long, ovate in shape, pure white, and measuring 15 mm. by 12 mm. 



"Nest round, pocket-shaped, with the entrance at the side, suspended 

 from slender boughs or to the stem of a large leaf. The outside of the 

 nest is made of green moss bound together with spider's webs, the inside 

 lined with the dark brown down stripped from the young fern-fronds. 

 A favorite site is a neglected native clearing some distance from the 

 forest." {Grant and Whitehead.) 



637. DIOEUM BESTI Steere. 



BEST'S FLOWERPECKER, 



DiccEum besti Steebe, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 22; 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97. 



Pis-pis, Siquijor. 



Siquijor {Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) . 



Male. — Similar, to the male of D. cinereigulare, but the throat clear 

 ashy gray, not washed with yellow; rump with a slightly yellow wash. 

 Wing, 52 ; tail, 27 ; culmen from base, 13 ; bill from nostril, 9 ; tarsus, 14. 



Female. — Plumbeous above; rump, tail-coverts, and center of back 

 -greenish yellow; chin pale yellow; throat and chest ashy gray; middle of 

 breast and of abdomen and tail-coverts rich lemon-yellow; sides and 

 flanks ashy gray, washed with tea-green; primaries edged with cinereous. 

 Wing, 50 ; tail, 25 ; culmen from base, 12 ; bill from nostril, 8 ; tarsus, 13. 



"Eighteen males average : Length, 142 ; wing, 52 ; tail, 26 ; culmen, 

 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Fifteen females, length, 140; 

 wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen, 14; tarsus, 12.7; middle toe with claw, 13. 

 Legs, feet, nails, and bill black. Breeding in February." {Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



638. DIC/EUM FLAVIVENTER Meyer. 



YELLOW-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER. 



Dicceum flaviventer Meyer, Jour, fiir Ornith. (1894), 91; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96. 



Cebu [Burger). 



Description. — Head," upper back, and wing-coverts greenish black, with 

 somewhat of a luster ; wing-quills blackish brown ; secondaries with glossy 



