688 MANUAL OF PHILirPIXK r.IUDS. 



f)4f). PRIONOCHILUS JOHANN/E Sharpe. 



PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER. 



Prionochilus johannce Sharpe, Ibis (1888), 201, pi. 4, fig. 1; McGregor 

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



Balabac (Everett) ; Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester) ; Palawan (Steere, 

 Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns d ^yorcester, McGregor, Celes- 

 tino, White). 



Male.^--U])ipeY parts slate-blue; center of crown scarlet; rump lemon- 

 yellow; wing-feathers and rectrices black, edged with slate-blue; lores 

 black ; sides of head, of neck, and of breast slate-blue ; a white included 

 line on jaw; under parts rich lemon-3'ellow, fading to white on thighs and 

 crissum; a scarlet patch on center of chest; axillars, wing-lining, edge of 

 wing, and inner webs of quills white. A male measures: Wing, 52 ; tail, 

 25; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril. 7.5; greatest width of upper 

 mandible, 6 ; tarsus, 14. 



Female. — Upper parts including exposed edges of wing-t'eathei's and 

 rectrices olivaceous; band on tail-coverts lemon-3'cllow ; center of crown 

 with a dull yellow patch; sides of head and neck gray, washed with 

 olivaceous ; jaw with an obscure cinereous streak ; chin and throat white, 

 washed with yellow; breast and abdomen lemon-yellow, lighter posteriorly; 

 sides and flanks gray, washed with greenish yellow; crissum white. Wing, 

 48; tail, 24; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14. 



"Abundant both in Palawan and the Calamianes Islands. Found about 

 fruit trees in or near the woods. Eleven males average : Length, 93 ; 

 wing, 53; tail, 28; culmen, 12.7; tarsiis, 13.7; middle too with claw, 

 13.7. Ten females, length, 92; wing, 50; tail, 26; tarsus, 13.4; middle 

 toe with claw, 14; culmen, 13. Specimens from the Calamianes average 

 very slightly smaller. Legs, feet, and nails black; bill black except base 

 of lower mandible, which is yellow or gray." (Bovnrs and Worcester 

 MS.) 



(;47. PRIONOCHILUS QUADRICOLOR Tweeddale. 

 FOUR-COLORED FLOWERPECKER. 



Prionochilus quadricolor Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 7K2, pi. 77, 

 fig. 2; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 70; Bourns and 

 Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 57 (de- 

 scription of female and young) ; 'McGreoor, Pliil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, 

 sec. A, 308. 



Prionochilus quidricolor McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97 

 ( error ) . 



Cebu (Everett, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) . 



Male. — A large triangular mantle-patch scarlet-vermilion, the black 

 bases of the feathers showing somewhat; lower back ochraceous tinged 

 vith green ; remainder of upper parts, including sides of head and neck, 



