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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; under Abe yellow. A female from Bohol, 
wing, 47; tail, 21; culmen from Base, 10; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 12. 
“Five males average: Length, 86; wing, 49; tail, 23.6; culmen, 12; 
tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 12. Two females, length, 82.5; 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, 1896. 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. DICAZEUM BESTI Steere. 
BEST’S FLOWERPECKER, 
Diceum besti STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 22; 
McGrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 97. 
Pis-pis, Siquijor. 
Siquijor (Steere Hap., Bourns & 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. DICZUM FLAVIVENTER Meyer. 
YELLOW-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER. 
Dicewum flaviventer Meyer, Jour. fiir Ornith. (1894), 91; McGr GOR and 
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96. - i ee 
Cebu (Burger). 
Description.—Head, upper back, and wing-coverts greenish 
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somewhat of a luster; wing-quills blackish brown; secondaries srr 
