Part 154

Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).

"Adult male.--General color of upper surface dark blackish brown; top of head uniform black; small spot above and behind the eye creamy white; scarlet stripes on sides of occiput shorter than in Y. maculatus and beginning further back; they are confluent on nape; behind and under the scarlet stripe is a partially concealed spot of creamy white; scapulars, interscapulars, and back barred with creamy white; rump creamy white, some of the feathers with narrow brownish black shaft-stripes; upper tail-coverts brownish black, broadly edged with buffy white; tail brownish black, paler at base of feathers and with both webs of feathers spotted with pale buff; wing-coverts brownish black, each feather having one or two creamy white spots on outer web; wing brownish black; outer five primaries with two or three very narrow creamy white spots on outer web, or with no spots at all; tips of inner primaries and inner webs of all primaries spotted with creamy white; secondaries similarly spotted on both webs; ear-coverts rusty brown; creamy white malar-stripe extending back of ear-coverts; chin and narrow stripe down center of throat white, bordered by a broad stripe of brownish black on each side, the tips of feathers forming side stripes being brownish white; under surface with strong fulvescent wash; feathers of upper breast with distinct brownish black shaft-marks; feathers of lower breast and abdomen with ill-defined streaks of the same color; feathers of flanks nearly white with only slight dark markings; under tail-coverts yellowish white, with dark shaft-stripes; under surface of tail slightly lighter than upper, but tips of two central pairs of feathers nearly black; under wing-coverts and axillars creamy white, spotted with brownish black; bend of wing uniform brownish black.

"The adult female lacks the scarlet head markings of the male and the creamy white spot, which is partially concealed in the male, is in the female quite conspicuous; otherwise the sexes are alike.

"Five males measure in length, 148; culmen, 20; wing, 78; tail, 40; tarsus, 15. Eight females, length, 152; culmen, 20; wing, 81; tail, 41; tarsus, 17." (Bourns and Worcester.)

"Common in Sibuyan; usually found in the forest. Seems not to occur in Tablas or Romblon. Iris dark brown to brownish red; legs and feet olive-brown; nails leaden; bill black, except base of lower mandible, which is gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

359. YUNGIPICUS LEYTENSIS Steere.

LEYTE PYGMY WOODPECKER.

Yunigipicus leytensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 9, (error). Yungipicus leytensis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.

Bá-tuc, Bohol, used for all woodpeckers.

Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).

Male.--Forehead and crown black; wings and back barred with white; lower back and rump white, washed with pale fawn; ear-coverts black; white stripe from above eye to side of neck very broad; a conspicuous red patch on each side of occiput; throat and breast washed with pale fawn. Length of a male from Bohol, 145; wing, 83; tail, 42; culmen from base, 20.

Female.--Similar to the male but with no red patches.

"Two males from Samar average, 152 in length; wing, 80; tail, 31; culmen, 19; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 17. A female, length, 159; wing, 87; tail, 37; culmen, 20; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 17. Iris reddish brown; legs, feet, and nails yellowish brown; upper mandible and tip of lower black; base of lower mandible yellowish." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

360. YUNGIPICUS FULVIFASCIATUS Hargitt.

HARGITT'S PYGMY WOODPECKER.

Iyngipicus fulvifasciatus Hargitt, Ibis (1881), 598; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 333; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 220. Yungipicus basilanicus Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 9. Yungipicus fulvifasciatus McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.

Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino).

Male.--Above black, barred with white and washed with pale fawn; forehead and crown seal-brown; ear-coverts and side of neck black; a wide white stripe from above eye to side of nape; a conspicuous bright red stripe on side of occiput; back and rump pale fawn; lower parts strongly washed with light ocherous yellow; round spots on breast much smaller than in preceding species; abdomen and sides but faintly lined with black; no dark spots on crissum. Length of a male from Basilan, 152; wing, 84; tail, 40; culmen from base, 19.

Female.--Similar to the male but without red patches on head. Length of a female from Basilan, 147; wing, 82; tail, 43; culmen from base, 19.

"A younger male has the rump and upper tail-coverts uniform; the white on the sides of the face and neck, chin and throat purer; the spots on the chest and breast smaller, and the breast not so yellow; the under wing-coverts less spotted with black, and the primaries tipped with white." (Hargitt.)

"Quite abundant in low second growth in Basilan. Nine males from that island average, 141 in length; wing, 81; tail, 39; culmen, 20; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 17.

"Three females, length, 149; wing, 84; tail, 38; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 17; culmen, 19. Iris reddish brown; legs and feet dirty olive-yellow; nails brown; bill black, paler at base." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

361. YUNGIPICUS RAMSAYI Hargitt.

RAMSAY'S PYGMY WOODPECKER.

Iyngipicus ramsayi Hargitt, Ibis (1881), 598; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 334; Guillemard, P. Z. S. (1885), 254, pl. 17; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 220. Yungipicus ramsayi McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.

Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).

Male.--Above earthy brown; white bars mostly wanting except on inner webs of quills; rump white; no well-defined spots or stripes on breast and abdomen; breast with a strong wash of saffron-yellow; sides and abdomen dirty white, faintly streaked with dusky brown. A male from Tawi Tawi measures: Wing, 81; tail, 47; culmen from base, 18.

Female.--Similar to the male but with no red on the head. A female from Sulu measures: Wing, 84; tail, 42; culmen from base, 18.