DICiEUM FULGIDUM, 
Rosy-flanked Flower-pecker. 
Sclater. 
Dicceum fulgidum, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. f>6. 
Two specimens of this apparently new Dicceum were contained in Mr. Forbes’s first collection from Timor 
laut. It differs from D. ignicolle from the Am Islands, with which we have compared it, in having the rosy 
tint spread over the whole of the undersurface, so that there is no olive on the flanks, hut the lower abdomen 
and under tail-coverts are of a pale fawn-brown colour. It must be also very closely allied to D. keiense of 
Salvadori, from the Kei Islands ; but this is described as having the abdomen olivaceous, yellow in the middle. 
Having regard to the way in which the different Molucca Islands possess their own peculiar species of 
Dicceum , it is not unreasonable to suppose that the birds coming from Timor laut will also be found to be 
specifically distinct from the Flower-peckers of the neighbouring islands. 
The following description is from the type specimen, which was kindly lent to me by Dr. Sclater. 
Adult male. General colour above dark purplish blue; wing-coverts like the back ; quills black, externally, 
slightly glossed with purplish blue, a little more distinct on the innermost secondaries ; tail-feathers purplish 
blue like the back, but slightly duller ; lores black; sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts black, with a 
slight gloss of purplish blue; a very narrow line of black bordering the rami of the lower jaw; under 
surface of the body pale scarlet, richer on the fore neck and breast, and extending in a rosy tinge 
over the sides of the body, the lower flanks and vent being of a light fawn-brown ; the chin whitish, and 
the centre of the body also mixed with white, the bases of the feathers being of this colour ; in the centre 
of the breast a faintly indicated blackish spot ; thighs black ; under tail -coverts pale rose-colour ; under 
wing-coverts and axillaries white ; edge of wing and adjacent coverts black ; quills blackish below, narrowly 
edged with white along the inner web; “bill, legs, and feet black; iris black” ( H . 0. Forbes). Total 
length 3’5 inches, culmen 04, wing 2’ 15, tail F25, tarsus 0*55. 
The figures in the Plate are drawn from the typical example above mentioned. 
[R. B. S.] 
