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"Young female.--Resembles the adult male in having the top of the head and the crest entirely red, but the color is scarlet (not crimson) and the feathers are extremely soft; there is less red on the face and upper part of the side of the neck, and only a tinge of this color on the chin and throat; the general color above and on the wings is more olive, and the feathers of the back, the scapulars, the lesser and median wing-coverts are margined with reddish orange; the scapulars and the feathers of the back and rump have the partially exposed black bases spotted with white; on the outer primaries there is a subapical spot of dull white. Described from a specimen sexed female by Mr. John Whitehead." (Hargitt.)

"Much less common than T. everetti. Never met with outside of the forest; feeds on insect larvæ. A male measures, 274 in length; wing, 147; tail, 81; culmen, 41; tarsus, 26; middle toe with claw, 32. Three females average, 274 in length; wing, 147; tail, 86; culmen, 37; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 31. Iris dark red; legs and feet dirty olive, nails lighter; bill white at tip, greenish yellow at base." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

364. CHRYSOCOLAPTES HÆMATRIBON (Wagler).

LUZON GOLDEN FLICKER.

Picus hæmatribon Wagler, Syst. Av. Picus (1827), sp. 95 [female]. Chrysocolaptes hæmatribon Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 454; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.

Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Möllendorff, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.).

Male.--Head, wings, and upper parts deep crimson; hind neck black with large pale buff spots; tail dark seal-brown with black shafts; under parts pale fulvous-buff; a black median line on upper throat and two black lines on each side of throat; lower throat and breast black, each feather with a large round buffy white spot; lower breast and abdomen faintly barred with dusky brown. Bill black; legs dirty greenish; nails brown. Length, 275; wing, 140; tail, 92; culmen from base, 40; tarsus, 29.

Female.--Differs from the male in having top of head black, each feather with a small, sharply defined, white spot. Wing, 142; tail, 88; culmen from base, 40; tarsus, 24.

365. CHRYSOCOLAPTES LUCIDUS (Scopoli).

SCOPOLI'S GOLDEN FLICKER.

Picus lucidus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1796), 2, 89. Chrysocolaptes lucidus Hargitt, Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 455; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.

Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Murray, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow).

Male.--Top of head, back, and rump scarlet; mantle and wings dull golden yellow, the feathers edged with dull crimson, producing a mixture of yellow and red on these parts; tail brown; upper tail-coverts dull golden, washed with crimson; under parts olive-brown, most of the feathers with round buff spots or tips. Length, 275; wing, 142; tail, 99; culmen from base, 43; tarsus, 27.

Female.--Similar to the male but feathers on top of head olive-green, washed with dull crimson and each feather having a pale yellow spot at its tip. Wing, 134; tail, 92; culmen from base, 38; tarsus, 26.

"Young.--The male differs from the adult of the same sex in having less red on the feathers of the back, which, together with the scapulars, are more spotted with white, some of these spots being exposed; face duller yellow; chest and upper breast dusky olive, the feathers having close to the tip a large heart-shaped spot of pale golden buff, with a concealed spot of pure white separated from it by a dusky bar. The female has the feathers of the forehead, crown, occiput, and nape olive-golden, with dusky olive bases, the crown-feathers slightly tinged with red, those of the occiput and nape more so, the whole being covered with small rounded spots of golden white; the chin, throat, and malar region whiter, the latter without any tinge of red." (Hargitt.)

"Common in Mindanao and Basilan. Found both in forest and in second growth. Seven males from Mindanao measure, 262 in length; wing, 133; tail, 79; culmen, 45; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 31. Four females, length, 267; wing, 134; tail, 68; culmen, 35; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31. Iris red; legs and feet dull greenish white; upper mandible black, lower greenish." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

366. CHRYSOCOLAPTES MONTANUS Grant.

MOUNTAIN GOLDEN FLICKER.

Chrysocolaptes montanus Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1905), 16, 16; Ibis (1906), 485.

Mindanao (Goodfellow, Celestino).

Adult.--"Adult male and female differ from the male and female of C. lucidus in having the mantle and wing-coverts orange with scarcely a tinge of crimson. In the female also the top of the head and occipital crest are orange, not washed with crimson. In the male: 'Iris red; upper mandible black, lower greenish yellow; feet blackish gray.' In the female: 'Iris ruby-red; upper mandible black, lower greenish yellow; feet grayish olive.' Length, about 241; culmen, 38; wing, 132; tail, 74; tarsus, 28.

"In C. lucidus the greater part of the wing-coverts and the outer margins of the secondaries are crimson, giving the whole wing a crimson appearance, whereas in the present form, though some of the males have narrow crimson-orange edges to the wing-coverts, the general color of the wings is distinctly orange.

"This form may be regarded as a partially alpine representative of C. lucidus, of which it is no doubt a subspecies; it also occurs on the coast, for two fully adult male specimens were procured at Piso." (Grant.)

367. CHRYSOCOLAPTES RUFOPUNCTATUS Hargitt.

RED-SPOTTED GOLDEN FLICKER.

Chrysocolaptes rufopunctatus Hargitt, Ibis (1889), 231; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 457, pl. 12; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65. Chrysocolaptes samarensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 8.

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

Male.--Above bright crimson, similar to C. hæmatribon; below black with large pear-shaped buff spots; lower parts similar to C. lucidus but the cheeks washed with pale crimson. Length, 275; wing, 141: tail, 87; culmen from base, 40; tarsus, 27.