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.