WHITE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum hypoleucum Sharpe, Nature (1876), 24, 298; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 37; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.
Basilan (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Siasi (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard).
Male.—Upper parts, including sides of head and of neck deep black; under parts white; wing-lining and axillars white. A male from Basilan measures: Wing, 53; tail, 24; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 13.
Female.—Above mouse-gray faintly washed with olive-green except on tail-coverts where the green is heavier; secondaries and greater coverts edged with olive-green; under parts white. Wing, 50; tail, 24; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 13.
“Found by us in the deep woods. Stated by Guillemard to frequent coconut groves. Three males average: Length, 89; wing, 53; tail, 27; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 12.7. Iris reddish brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
642. DICÆUM MINDANENSE Tweeddale.
MINDANAO FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum mindanense Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 547; Challenger Report, Zool. (1881), 2, pt. 8, pl. 5, fig. 1; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 37; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.
Basilan (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Murray); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).