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646. PRIONOCHILUS JOHANN/E Sharpe. 



PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER. 



Prionochilus johannce SHABPE, Ibis (1888), 201, pi. 4, fig. 1; MCGREGOR 

 and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 97. 



Balabac (Everett)-, Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester}-, Palawan (Steere, 

 Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor, Celes- 

 tino, White). 



Male. Upper parts slate-blue; center of crown scarlet; rump lemon- 

 yellow; wing-feathers and rectrices black, edged with slate-blue; lores 

 black ; sides of head, of neck, and of breast slate-blue ; a white included 

 line on jaw; under parts rich lemon-yellow, fading to white on thighs and 

 crissum; a scarlet patch on center of chest; axillary wing-lining, edge of 

 wing, and inner webs of quills white. A male measures : Wing, r>^ ; tail, 

 25; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 7.5; greatest width of upper 

 mandible, 6; tarsus, 14. 



Female. Upper parts including exposed edges of win^-IVathers and 

 rectrices olivaceous; band on tail-coverts lemon-yellow; center of crown 

 witli a dull yellow patch; sides of head and neck gray, washed with 

 olivaceous; jaw with an obscure cinereous streak; chin and throat white, 

 washed with yellow ; breast and abdomen lemon-yellow, lighter posteriorly ; 

 sides and flanks gray, washed with greenish yellow ; crissum white. Wing, 

 48; tail, 24; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14. 



"Abundant both in Palawan and the Calamianes Islands. Found about 

 fruit trees in or near the woods. Eleven males average : Length, 93 ; 

 wing, 53; tail, 28; culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 13.7; middle toe with claw, 

 13.7. Ten females, length, 92; wing, 50; tail, 26; tarsus, 13.4; middle 

 toe with claw, 14; culmen, 13. Specimens from the Calamianes average 

 very slightly smaller. Legs, feet, and nails black; bill black except base 

 of lower mandible, which is yellow or gray." (Bourns and Worcester 

 MS.) 



C47. PRIONOCHILUS QUADRICOLOR Tweeddale. 

 FOUR-COLORED FLOWERPECKER. 



Prionochilus quadricolor TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 762, pi. 77, 

 fig. 2; SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 70; BOURNS and 

 WORCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 57 (de- 

 scription of female and young) ; MCGREGOR, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, 

 sec. A, 308. 



Prionochilus quidricolor MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 97 

 ( error ) . 



Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor). 



Male. A large triangular mantle-patch scarlet-vermilion, the black 

 bases of the feathers showing somewhat; lower back ochraceous tinged 

 with green; remainder of upper parts, including sides of head and neck, 



