Pi-pit pu-ña-la-da, Manila.
Basiao, off Samar (Bartsch); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Samar (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Male and female.—Above black with a slight slate-blue gloss; lores and ear-coverts black; chin, throat, and crissum white; remainder of under parts cinereous, whitish on middle of lower abdomen; a wide scarlet-vermilion line down center of breast and abdomen. Iris red; bill, legs, and claws black. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 56; tail, 31; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14. A female from Lubang, wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 14.
Young.—Upper parts and sides of head and of neck dull smoky brown; under parts dirty cinereous, slightly lighter on throat and tail-coverts.
“The occurrence of this species in Masbate is somewhat surprising. We should naturally expect to find D. hæmatostictum there. D. papuense is, however, abundant, and D. hæmatostictum apparently does not occur. Habits similar to D. hæmatostictum, and never occurs in the same island with it so far as known. Eight males average: Length, 93; wing, 56; tail, 29; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Five females, length, 93; wing, 52; tail, 27; culmen, 13; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 13.4. Bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in Samar and Mindanao in August; in Cebu in June.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
626. DICÆUM LUZONIENSE Grant.
LUZON FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum luzoniense Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 1; Ibis (1897), 238; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 235; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.
Cu-si-ti, Benguet.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).