628 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
629. DICAZEUM DORSALE Sharpe. 
SHARPE’S FLOWERPECKER, 
Diceum dorsale SHARPE, NaturfMfis7s), 14, 298; Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. 
Zool. (1877), 1, 340; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 40; WHtIts- 
HEAD, Ibis (1899), 232; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 
96. 
Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Steere Ezp., 
Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Celestino) ; Panay (Steere, Steere Hxp., Bourns 
é& Worcester). 
Male.—Above dark plumbeous or slate-blue; wing-feathers and rec- 
trices black, edged with slate-blue; a patch of feathers in the middle of 
upper back orpiment-orange; sides of head and neck slate-blue; lores 
black; under parts bright lemon-yellow, becoming cadmium-yellow on 
abdomen and orpiment-orange on breast; inner webs of quills white; 
axillars and wing-lining white, washed with yellow. Iris light brown; 
bill and nails black; legs dark slate-blue. A male from Masbate meas- 
ures: Wing, 50; tail, 23; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; 
tarsus, 13. 
“Female.—Different from the male; above olive-green, the ramp more 
yellowish ; sides of the face uniform with the head; under surface of body 
bright yellowish; breast and under wing-coverts richer in color. Length, 
94; culmen, 12.7; wing, 48; tail, 22.8; tarsus, 14.” (Sharpe.) 
“True D. dorsale is confined to Panay, Negros, and Masbate, where it 
is abundant, both about flowering and fruiting trees in the forest, and in 
coconut groves. Five males average: Length, 89; wing, 49; tail, 24; 
culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 13. Six females, wing, 48; 
tail, 24; culmen, 14; tarsus, 12.4; middle toe with claw, 13. Iris very 
dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black.” (Bourns and Worcester 
MS.) 
630. DICAZ.UM PALLIDIUS Bourns and Worcester. 
PALER FLOWERPECKER. 
Diceum pallidior BouRNS and WoRcESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. 
Papers (1894), 1, 18; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96. 
Cebu (Hverett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor). 
Male.—Similar to D. dorsale, but the upper parts and sides of head 
and of neck lighter, nearly indigo-Biep feathers of occiput and neck 
fringed with olivaceous; under parts more uniform in color and the 
orange of breast less rich. Males with the appearance of maturity have 
the base of the bill dull yellow. Length, about 90; wing, 50; tail, 25; 
culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7.5; tarsus, 14. 
Female.—Above olive-green; below tea-green; chin, middle of breast 
and of abdomen, and crissum bright lemon-yellow. Wing, 48; tail, 22; 
culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 13. 
