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Female.--Very similar to the female of C. hæmatribon but the entire head washed with crimson; lower parts as in the male. Wing, 140; tail, 86; culmen from base, 38; tarsus, 27.

"Usually found in the forest. Quite abundant in Samar. Three males measure, 273 in length; wing, 138; tail, 75; culmen, 36; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 33. Iris dull cherry-red; legs and feet dull olive-yellow, nails black; bill nearly black. Food, larvæ." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

368. CHRYSOCOLAPTES XANTHOCEPHALUS Walden and Layard.

YELLOW-HEADED GOLDEN FLICKER.

Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Walden and Layard, Ibis (1872), 99, pl. 4; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 457; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGregor and Worcester; Hand-List (1906), 65.

Tu-ba-lá-tuc, Masbate; tuc-tuc-ba-lá-tuc, Ticao.

Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Negros (Layard, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).

Male.--Forehead, crown, and occiput light crimson; lores, a narrow line over eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts light golden yellow; mantle, back, rump, secondaries, and secondary-coverts crimson, not so bright as crown; alula, primary-coverts, and primaries edged with dull golden yellow; chin yellow with a black line down the middle and a black line on each side; neck and fore breast blackish brown, each feather with a large spot of pale yellow or yellowish buff; rest of under parts uniform yellow; tail dark brown. Iris carmine; bill dark brown above, greenish below; legs pale yellow; nails dark horn-brown. Length, 260; wing, 148; tail, 90; culmen from base, 40; tarsus, 26.

Female.--Similar to the male but differs in having the crown and crest golden yellow like the sides of head. Wing, 145; tail, 94; culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 24.

"Habits like those of C. lucidus. Seven males from Masbate measure, 274 in length; wing, 144; tail, 80; culmen, 35; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31. Three females, length, 283; wing, 144; tail, 85; culmen, 34; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31. Iris red; legs and feet light yellow; upper mandible black, lower dull green." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Genus LICHTENSTEINIPICUS Bonaparte, 1854.

Culmen slightly curved for its entire length; nasal ridge prominent; nostrils partly concealed by plumes; occipital crest short; plumage slate-black; chin, throat, and sides of neck with a minute white spot at the tip of each feather.

Species.

a1. Plumage black; malar region and forehead crimson in the male. ... funebris (p. 403) a2. Plumage slaty smoke-gray; malar region scarlet in the male. ... fuliginosus (p. 404)

369. LICHTENSTEINIPICUS FUNEBRIS (Valenciennes).

FUNEREAL WOODPECKER.

Picus funebris Valenciennes, Dict. Sc. Nat. (1826), 40, 179. Microstictus funebris Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 492; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 230; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 66.

Catanduanes (Whitehead); Luzon (Meyer, Heriot, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.).

Male.--Black with a slight gloss on wings and back; throat and abdomen smoky brown; lores, forehead, cheeks, and a wide space around each eye deep crimson; chin, throat, sides and back of neck with a small white spot at the tip of each feather. Iris pale yellow; bill white; legs plumbeous; nails light horn-blue. Length, 330; wing, 156; tail, 138; culmen from base, 37; tarsus, 29.

Female.--Similar to the male but with no crimson anywhere on the head; the cheeks, like the throat, spotted with white. Length, 315; wing, 155; tail, 133; culmen from base, 34; tarsus, 27.

This species is fairly common in the lowland forests of Luzon.

370. LICHTENSTEINIPICUS FULIGINOSUS (Tweeddale).

SOOTY WOODPECKER.

Mulleripicus fuliginosus Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, 534; Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 821, pl. 83. Microstictus fuliginosus Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 492; Grant, Ibis (1897), 246; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 230; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 66.

Leyte (Whitehead); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead).

"Adult male (type of species).--Plumage slaty gray, the whole of the body, wings, and tail uniform, the head (except the loral and orbital region) and neck spotted with white, the spots on the top of the head and on the nape having a striped character, those on the chin and throat larger and more or less triangular in shape; a large patch of brilliant scarlet covers the entire malar region and extends upwards nearly to the eye; shafts of the quills and of the tail-feathers dusky black. 'Iris naples-yellow.' (Everett.) Length, 305; culmen, 41; wing, 160; tail, 110; tarsus, 30." (Hargitt.)

"Adult female.--Closely resembles the female of M. funebris, but may be distinguished by the general color of the plumage being grayer; the ground-color of the chin and throat gray like the cheeks, and the white dots distinctly larger. In the female of M. funebris the chin and throat are brownish gray, and contrast with the blackish gray cheeks. Length, 269; culmen, 37; wing, 147; tail, 104; tarsus, 28." (Grant.)

Genus MULLERIPICUS Bonaparte, 1854.