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points : — The upper parts are slightly washed with steel-blue, 

 the red of the breast appears to be of a rather more orange 

 tint and restricted to the breast, and the wing is decidedly 

 shorter, 1'88 in. against 2'0 to 2'2 in. in typical D. luzoniense. 

 Though this bird is altogether smaller and is somewhat 

 different, it is rather injured by shot, and, being unique, 

 I hardly like to separate it on the evidence before me. 



46. Dictum pygm^eum (Kittl.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 515, 

 1895, p. 453. 



There are examples of the Pigmy Flower-pecker from Leite. 

 The species has been recorded from nearly every island in the 

 group, except Mindanao and the islands to the south. 



47. Dic.EUM ciNEREiGULARE, Twccdd. ; Sharpc, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. X. p. 40 (1885) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 22 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. 

 Minnesota Acad Sci. i. no. 1, p. 57 (1894). 



The Mindanao Orange-breasted Flower-pecker was met 

 with in both Samar and Leite, and its nests were found on 

 both these islands. Mr. Whitehead has kindly presented 

 the parent birds and one of their small bag-shaped nests 

 suspended from the branch of a tree [Salacia roxhurghi) 

 to the Natural History Museum. The foliage has been 

 beautifully reproduced by Miss Emett, and the group is now 

 exhibited in the Bird Gallery. 



48. Dictum everetti, Tweedd. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. X. p. 47 (1885) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philip- 

 pines, p. 22 (1890). 



Birds from Samar and Leite are undoubtedly typical 

 examples of Everett^s Flower-pecker. Prof. Steere iden- 

 tified his specimens from Samar as doubtfully identical with 

 D. everetti, but these were not fully adult. 



[Iris light brown; bill black ; feet dark brown. — J. W,] 



49. Prionochilus olivaceus, Tweedd. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. X. p. 75 (1885). 



Prionochilus samarensis, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 22 (1890). 



The Olive Thick-billed Flower-pecker seems to be a scarce 



