Dicæum pallidior Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 18; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 96.
Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).
Male.--Similar to D. dorsale, but the upper parts and sides of head
and of neck lighter, nearly indigo-blue; feathers of occiput and neck
fringed with olivaceous; under parts more uniform in color and the
orange of breast less rich. Males with the appearance of maturity
have the base of the bill dull yellow. Length, about 90; wing, 50;
tail, 25; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril, 7.5; tarsus, 14.
Female.--Above olive-green; below tea-green; chin, middle of breast
and of abdomen, and crissum bright lemon-yellow. Wing, 48; tail, 22;
culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 13.
"Measurements of eleven males: Length, 89; culmen, 14; wing, 49;
tail, 26; tarsus, 13. Of four females: Length, 84; wing, 48; tail,
25; tarsus, 12." (Bourns and Worcester.)
"Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails dark brown; bill black. Breeding
in July." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)