Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).
Male.—Upper parts, including sides of head and of neck, and exposed edges of wing-feathers and rectrices slate-blue, or dark indigo-blue; patch on center of back orpiment-orange; rump faintly washed with olive-green; lores black; chin and throat light ashy gray faintly and uniformly washed with pale yellow; remainder of under parts bright yellow inclining to orange on middle of breast. Iris brown; bill, legs, and nails black. Wing, 51; tail, 25; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 14.
Female.—Above mouse-gray faintly washed with dull olive-green; below tea-green, becoming pale yellow on middle of breast and abdomen and on crissum. Base of bill whitish. Wing, 51; tail, 24; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 14.
“Four males average: Length, 94; wing, 52; tail, 26.5; culmen, 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 15. Three females, length, 92; wing, 49; tail, 26; culmen, 14; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris dark brown; legs, feet, and nails dark brown; bill brown to black, yellowish at base.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
633. DICÆUM SIBUYANICUM Bourns and Worcester.
SIBUYAN FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum sibuyanicum Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 18; McGregor, Bur. Govt. Laboratories (1905), 25, 18; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.
Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).
Male.—Similar to the male of D. intermedium, but the rump more heavily washed with olive-green; chin and throat clear ashy gray without the yellow wash. Iris brown; bill black; legs and nails dark steel-blue. Wing, 56; tail, 26; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 14.
Female.—Similar to the female of D. intermedium. Wing, 52; tail, 24; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 14.