634 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
olive-green; rectrices black, edged with metallic green; wings black; 
secondaries and greater coverts edged with olive-yellow; alula, lesser 
coverts, and median coverts edgegg@pith glossy green. A male from Cebu 
measures: Wing, 46; tail, 23; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 
6.5; tarsus, 11. 
Female.—Above somewhat similar to the male, but lighter and greener 
and with less metallic gloss; wing-feathers edged with olive-yellow; all 
the under parts lighter and paler than in the male. A female from 
Cebu, wing, 43; tail, 21; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril, 7; 
tarsus, 11. 
“The pygmy flowerpecker is the smallest and most widely distributed 
of Philippine Diceide. Invariably found by us in the deep woods. A 
very fearless bird. Iris dark brown; legs, feet, and nails dark brown to 
coal-black ; bill black, except base of lower mandible, which is yellowish 
to gray. Breeding in Palawan in December and in Samar in July. 
Four males average: Length, 92; wing, 46; tail, 25; culmen, 13; tarsus, 
12; middle toe with claw, 12. Three females, length, 83.5; wing, 45; 
tail, 24.6; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 12.” (Bourns 
and Worcester AMS.) 
640. DICAZUM DAVAO Mearns. 
DAVAO FLOWERPECEER. 
Diceum davao MEARNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 87; McGrecor 
and WoRrcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 96. 
Mindanao (Mearns, Celestino). 
Male.—Above, including the edges of wing-feathers and of rectrices, 
glossy steel-green; lores, sides of head and of neck black; chin and 
middle of throat white faintly washed with yellow and interrupted by 
a black patch on breast; sides of breast black; sides of abdomen and 
flanks olive-yellow ; under tail-coverts and middle of lower abdomen light 
buff-yellow ; axillars and wing-lining white; edge of wing black. A male 
from northern Mindanao measures: Wing, 44; tail, 21; culmen from base, 
10; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 10. The female is unknown. 
641. DICAEUM HYPOLEUCUM Sharpe. 
WHITE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER, 
Diceum hypoleucum SHARPE, Nature (1876), 24, 298; Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. (1885), 10, 37; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97. 
Basilan (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns € Worcester, McGregor) ; Bongao 
(Everett) ; Siasi (Everett); Sulu (@Guillemard). 
Male.—Upper parts, including sides of head and of neck deep black; 
under parts white ; wing-lining and axillars white. A male from Basilan 
