Dicæum intermedium Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 19; McGregor,
Phil. Jour. Sci. (1906), 1, 775; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 96.
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.)