334 piciD-E. 



of numerous spots ; chest pale buff, largely spotted with black ; 

 uii(ler])art.s dull saffron-vellow striped with black ; under tail-coverts 

 buti'v brown with darker centres ; under wing-coverts white, spotted 

 and varied with intense black; axillaries white : "iris crimson" 

 (^■1. H. Everett). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-25, 

 tail 1-45, tarsus 0-6 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-4, outer 

 posterior 0"5, inner anterior U-35, inner posterior 0'2. 



A younger male has the rump and upper tail-coverts uniform ; 

 the white on the sides of the face and neck, chin and throat jrarer ; 

 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. 



Adult female, llesembles the male, but wants the scarlet feathers 

 on the side of the occiput. Total length 5-5 inches, culraeu 0-8, 

 wing 3-35, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Philippines : Mindanao (Zamboanga) and Basilan. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Zamboanga, May 1878 {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



Ecerctt). (? type of species.) 



b. ? imm. sk. Zamboanga, May 1878 {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett). 



c. (S ad. sk. Basilan, May 1878 {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett). (Type of s])ecies.) 



d. d ad. sk. Basilan, May 1878 (A. Tweeddale Coll. 



Eve7-ett). 



17. lyngipicus ramsayi. 



lyngipicus ramsayi, Ilanjitt, Ibis, 18S1, p. 598 ; id. op. cit. 1882, 

 p. 49 ; Guukl, ii. Asia, vi. pi. xxiv., S 6 (1882) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 

 1885, p. 254. 



Adult male (type of species). U[)per and middle back dingy olive- 

 brown varied with white, the bases of the feathers being white 

 and giving the back a striped appearance ; lower back, rump, and 

 up])er tail-coverts white, striped with brown ; scapulars and wing- 

 coverts uniform brown ; quills blacker, but edged externally with 

 brown, the inner webs only spotted with white, except a few of the 

 innermost secondaries, which have both webs spotted as well as the 

 tips white ; shafts dark brown, in some quills black ; tail uniform 

 brown, dwarf feather (only) tipped and spotted on the outer web with 

 white ; shafts of the central rectrices brown, lighter at the base, 

 those of the remainder being black ; nasal plumes brownish black ; 

 forehead, crown, nape, and hind neck dingy olive-brown ; edge of 

 the posterior half of the crown and occiput bright scarlet, the 

 feathers being elongated ; lores brownish white ; a broad super- 

 ciliary stripe continued down the side of the neck Avhite, as are like- 

 wise the cheeks ; from behind the e} e, including the ear-coverts, 

 and running down the side of the neck a broad stripe of brown ; 

 chin and throat white, the latter spotted with dusky brown ; a 

 broad dusky brown malar stripe uniting on the fore neck with the 

 corresponding one; chest rich saffron-yellow, faintly striped with 



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