WHITE-THROATED FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum hæmatostictum Sharpe, Nature (1876), 14, 298; Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 336; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 35; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 243, pl. 6, fig. 2 (egg); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 233 (nest); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.
Guimaras (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay, Celestino); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).
Male.—Upper parts, including wings and tail, black with a slight blue gloss; cheeks, sides of head and of neck black; no red on the neck; under parts white; sides and flanks washed with ashy; a slate-black band or patch across fore breast; a broad band of scarlet-vermilion on middle of breast and abdomen. A male from Panay measures: Wing, 53; tail, 29; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7.5; tarsus, 14.
“Young.—Differs from the adult in being slaty gray above, the wings and tail being blacker, with grayish margins to the feathers; under surface of body ashy whitish, washed with yellowish on the abdomen and with grayish on the sides of the body.” (Sharpe.)
“Found in deep woods, also in coconut groves and about flowering trees in the open. Frequently found feeding side by side with D. dorsale. Fourteen males average: Length, 94; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Thirteen females, length, 93; wing, 53; tail, 27; culmen, 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris very dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Whitehead collected one fresh egg of this species at the base of Canlaon Volcano, Negros, on March 19, 1896. It is described as follows: “Shape ovate. Ground-color very pale greenish white, profusely spotted towards the larger end with rather heavy clouded lilac under-markings and olive-brown specks, which are distributed sparingly over the rest of the shell. Measurements 17 mm. by 12 mm. The only nest found was suspended from the end of a branch some distance from the ground.” (Grant and Whitehead.)
625. DICÆUM PAPUENSE (Gmelin).
PHILIPPINE FLOWERPECKER.
- Pipra papuensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. (1788), 1, pt. 2, 1004.
- Dicæum rubriventer Lesson, Traité d’Orn. (1831), 303; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 36; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 233 (habits).
- Dicæum schistaceum Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 111, pl. 8, fig. 1 (young).
- Dicæum papuense McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.