SIBUYAN FLOWERPECKER.

Dicæum sibuyanicum Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota

Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 18; McGregor,

Bur. Govt. Laboratories (1905), 25, 18; McGregor and Worcester,

Hand-List (1906), 96.

Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).

Male.--Similar to the male of D. intermedium, but the rump more

heavily washed with olive-green; chin and throat clear ashy gray

without the yellow wash. Iris brown; bill black; legs and nails

dark steel-blue. Wing, 56; tail, 26; culmen from base, 14; bill from

nostril, 9; tarsus, 14.

Female.--Similar to the female of D. intermedium. Wing, 52; tail,

24; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 14.

"Average measurements from nine males: Length, 99; culmen, 15; wing,

53; tail, 26; tarsus, 13. From two females: Length, 97; culmen, 15;

wing, 50; tail, 24.6; tarsus, 14." (Bourns and Worcester.)

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