234 Mr. J. Whitehead on Birds 



is the Mindoro species and it is improbable that it occurs out 

 of that island. 



162. DiCiEUM DORSALE Sharpe. (Grant, Ibis, 1896,p 553.) 

 This spenies was obtained in Negros, at the base of Canloon, 



where it frequented tlie forest and its borders. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



163. Dic.EUM XANTHOPYGiuM Tweedd. (Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 452 ; 1896, p. 120.) 



This was somewhat rare in North Luzon, but perhaps 

 more plentiful at Cape Engafio. 



Iris black; upper mandible and feet black, lower mandible 

 at the base brownish yellow. 



164. DiC/EUM ciNEREiGULARE Twccdd. (Grant, Ibis, 

 1897, p. 239.) 



Cornmon in Samar and Leite, where three nests were taken 

 towards the end of July. The nest is composed on the out- 

 side of green moss, that of D. h(Bmatostictum of white 

 lichen. 



165. Dic.EUM EVERETTi Twccdd. (Grant, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 239.) 



D. everetti is quite an aberrant form of Philippine Dicajum, 

 being brown on tlie back and whitish on tbe breast. In 

 Samar I found a nest which was fastened to the stem of some 

 parasitic ferns growing about 9 feet up on the trunk of a 

 tree. The nest contained two young birds. 



Iris light brown ; bill and feet black. 



166. Dictum obscurum Grant, Ibis, 189i, p. 515. 



This Dicseum, a rather large species of the genus, is 

 wonderfully solid and heavy for its size. It frequented the 

 mountain-sides in Benguet at an altitude of about 5000 feet, 

 where it was feeding on some berry-bearing shrubs. In 

 Benguet it was rare, and we did not meet with it in Lepanto. 



Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; feet dull pinkish brown. 



167. DicjEum PYGMiEUM (Kittl.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 515; 1895, p. 453; 1897, p. 239.) 



Widely spread over the Philippine Archipelago, occurring 



