626 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
625. DICAEUM PAPUENSE (Gmelin). 
PHILIPPINE FLOWERPECKER, 
Pipra papuensis GMELIN, Syst. Ne (1788), 1, pt. 2, 1004. 
Diceum rubriventer Lesson, Traité d’ Orn. (1831), 303; SHARPE, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 836; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 233 (habits). 
Dicwum schistaceum TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 111, pl. 8, fig. 1 
(young). 
Diceum papuense McGrecor and WoRcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 96. 
Pi-pit pu-na-la-da, Manila. 
Basiao, off Samar (Bartsch); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Hverett, 
Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Hverett) ; Leyte (White- 
head); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Whitehead, McGregor); Marin- 
duque (Steere Hxp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao 
(Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Samar (Bourns & Wor- 
cester, Whitehead) ; Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). 
Male and female.—Above black with a slight slate-blue gloss; lores 
and ear-coverts black; chin, throat, and crissum white; remainder of 
under parts cinereous, whitish on middle of lower abdomen; a wide 
scarlet-vermilion line down center of breast and abdomen. Iris red; 
bill, legs, and claws black. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 56; 
tail, 31; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14. A 
female from Lubang, wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen from base, 12; bill 
from nostril, 8; tarsus, 14. 
Young.— Upper parts and sides of head and of neck dull smoky brown ; 
under parts dirty cinereous, slightly lighter on throat and tail-coverts. 
“The occurrence of this species in Masbate is somewhat surprising. 
We should naturally expect to find D. hematostictum there. D. pa- 
puense is, however, abundant, and D. hematostictum apparently does 
not occur. Habits similar to D. hematostictum, and never occurs in 
the same island with it so far as known. Hight males average: Length, 
93; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. 
Five females, length, 93; wing, 52; tail, 27; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; 
middle toe with claw, 13.4. Bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding 
in Samar and Mindanao in August; in Cebu in June.” (Bourns and 
Worcester MS.) 
626. DICAEUM LUZONIENSE Grant. 
LUZON FLOWERPECKER, 
Diceum luzoniense GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 1; Ibis (1897), 
238; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 235; McGrecor and WoRcESTER, Hand- 
List (1906), 96. 
Cu-si-ti, Benguet. 
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor). 
Adult male——Upper parts, including exposed edges of wing-feathers 
and rectrices, glossy steel-green; lores black; sides of head and of neck 
