Dicæum retrocinctum Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1872), 10,
114; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 35; McGregor and
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 96.
Luzon (?); [84] Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Everett,
McGregor).
Male and female.--Upper parts, including wings and tail, black with a
slight blue gloss; a collar of scarlet-vermilion on hind neck; lores
dead black; sides of head, chin, throat, and breast dull black with
a small scarlet-vermilion patch in center of upper throat on line
with the eyes; abdomen, flanks, thighs, crissum, and sides of breast
white, mixed with gray on the sides; in the middle of lower breast
an oblong scarlet-vermilion patch which is surrounded by black. A
male measures: Length, 100; wing, 53; tail, 27; culmen from base,
12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 13.5. A female, wing, 50; tail,
26; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 14.
"Fairly abundant in Mindoro. Found both in the forest and in the
coconut groves. Three males average: Length, 91; wing, 53; tail,
27; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12.7; middle toe with claw, 13.4. A female,
length, 97; wing, 50; tail, 25; culmen, 15; tarsus, 14.4; middle
toe with claw, 13. Iris dark reddish brown; bill, legs, feet, and
nails black. Breeding in Mindoro in the month of April." (Bourns and
Worcester MS.)