some 71610 Species of Birds. 537 



sides of throat, and the upper breast grey. Lower breast, 

 abdomen, flanks, and under t^il-co verts the same greywashed 

 faintly with olive-green, the mesial line being albescent. Chin 

 and throat white, slightly greyish, forming a broad well- 

 defined greyish white stripe, commencing at the chin and 

 descending to the breast. Axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 pure silky white. Remiges and rectrices dark brown, mar- 

 gined with the olive-green hue of upper plumage. 



Wing 2*12 inches, tail 1-25, tarsus 0*62, culmen 0*37. 



Described from an example obtained by Mr. Everett in the 

 island of Dinagat (Philippines). 



Dicceum schistaceum^ sp. u. 



6 . Above fuliginous ashy ; below ashy white. Remiges 

 and rectrices above dark ashy brown, underneath paler. Under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries pure white. Base of mandible 

 (in dry specimens) yellowish white. Apex and the maxilla 

 pale ruddy brown. 



Wings 2-25 inches, tail 1-37, tarsus 0*62, culmen 035. 



Diccnum Everetti, sp. n. 



6. Above dark olive-green, paler on the cheeks. Chin, 

 throat, and breast pale grey. Remainder of underparts albes- 

 cent grey tinged with palish yellow. Major coverts narrowly 

 margined with greenish yellow. Quills above dark brown, 

 almost black, with very narrow pale olive-green external 

 margins. Rectrices above like quills, narrowly tipped with an 

 albescent fringe. Under wing-coverts and axillaries pure 

 white. Bill (dry specimen) brown at tip, yellow at base. 



Wing 1-94 inch, tail 1-00, tarsus 0-50, culmen 0*37. 



These two species of Dicceum were discovered by Mr. 

 Everett in the island of Dinagat. 



^thopyga hella^ sp. n. 



6 . Chin, throat, breast, and uropygium bright sulphur- 

 yellow. Forehead, vertex, minor carpal coverts, upper tail- 

 coverts, and upper surface of i-ectrices dark metallic green. 

 Occiput, nape, and wing-coverts dark olive. Cheeks, lores, 

 behind the eye, sides of head and neck, interscapulars, and 

 back deep blood-red. Quills almost black, margined with 

 dark olive. Abdomen, flanks, vent, under tail-coverts, and 

 under wing-coverts silky white, more or less tinged with pale 

 yellow, especially on the mesial line, under tail-coverts, and 

 carpal edge. A few blood-red feathers on the upper breast. 

 A metallic violet spot on sides of head. A narrow line of 

 deep blood-red runs along the rami of the mandible. A 



