DUSKY FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum obscurum Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 50; Ibis (1894), 515; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 234 (feeding habits); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).
Male and female.—Above olive-brown, with a wash of green on rump and tail-coverts; wing-feathers and rectrices blackish brown, edged with olive-green; inner webs of quills edged with white; under parts gray, washed with sage-green and with a light streak on middle of breast and of abdomen. Iris light brown; upper mandible dark brown; lower mandible light brown; legs and nails about the same color as lower mandible. Length, 88 to 96. A male measures: Wing, 54; tail, 27; culmen from base, 12.5; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 15. A female, wing, 51; tail, 24; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 15.
This neutral-colored flowerpecker, which appears to be confined to the mountains of Luzon, is difficult to describe, but it may be easily recognized by its dull coloration.
645. DICÆUM NIGRILORE Hartert.
BLACK-LORED FLOWERPECKER.
- Dicæum nigrilore Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1904), 15, 8; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.
Mindanao (Waterstradt, Mearns).
Male and female.—Head, nape, and ear-coverts greenish yellow; lores and a line under eye and ear-coverts blackish; mantle and sides of neck sepia-brown; lower back, rump, and tail-coverts greenish yellow; chin, fore part of throat, abdomen, and middle of breast white; throat and breast ash-gray; flanks and crissum bright yellow; wings and tail blackish brown; primaries edged with white; the other feathers edged with greenish yellow. A female measures: Wing, 52; tail, 27; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 14.