36. CnRTSOCOLATTES. 455 



■"fricMandi mainly in having the underparts below the chest pale 

 fiilvescent buff with narrow blackish transverse markings, the 

 feathers of the breast having olive margins, the fulvcsccnt white 

 being reduced to spots ; the malar region, chin, and throat are 

 nifescent buff, the black edging to the former and the median line 

 down the latter formed of a series of crescentic markings ; the 

 whole of the orbital region spotted with white : " bill greenish 

 black; iris deep crimson; feet greenish grey" (Everett). Total 

 length 11 inches, culmen 1-65, wing 5'6, tail 3"25, tarsus 1*1; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'8, outer posterior 1"1, inner 

 anterior 0'65, inner posterior 0-5. 



Younr/ male. Has the sinciput and supercilium brownish black 

 spotted with white, the remaining feathers of the crown and crest 

 having scarlet tips and concealed white spots. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult of the opposite sex in having 

 the forehead, crown, occiput, and nape black, each feather with a 

 subapical rounded spot of white, those of the occiput having, as in 

 the male, a concealed central spot of white. Total length 11 inches, 

 culmen 1-6, wing 5-57, tail 3-4, tarsus 0-98. 



ffab. Philippine Islands, Luzon and north into Calayan. 



a, b. c? ad. ; c, d.2 Philippines. Purchased. 



ad. St. 



e,/- d 2 ad. sk. Philippines. Gould Coll. 



(/, h. J ad. etjuv. ; Luzuu, Jan., Feb., April, 1872 Tweeddale Coll. 



t. 2 ad. sk. (A. JJ. Meyer), 



h. cS ad. sk. Manila. Gould CoU. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Manila {Maitlnnd Heriot). Tweeddale Coll. 



m, n. (S ad. sk. Monte Alban, Feb., March [A. Tweeddale Coll. 

 Everett). 



7. Chrysocolaptes lucidus. 



Pic grivel6 ou Grand Pic de I'islo de Lujou, Sonn. I'otj. Nonv. Guin. 



1776, p. 73, pi. xxxvii. 

 Le Palalaca ou Pic vert tachetiS des Philijipiues, Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. vii. p. 21 (1780). 

 Pic verd des Philippines, Dmibent. PL Enl. 691. 

 Bengal Woodpecker, var. B, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 581 (1782). 

 Picus aurantius (non Linn.), Bodd. Tail. I'l. J2nl. p. 43 (1783). 

 Piciis lucidus, Scoj). Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 89 (1786). 

 Picus bengalensis, var. y, Gin. Syst. Nut. i. p. 433 (1788). 

 Picus philippinaruni, Lath. Lnd. Orn. i. p. 236 (1790) ; Steph. Gen. 



Zool. ix. p. 190 (181-5) ; I'ieUl. N. Diet. d'lL'st. Nat. xxvi. p. 6q 



(1818) ; id. Sf Bonn. Enc. Mefh. iii. p. 1314 (1823) ; Talenc. Diet. 



Sc. Nuf. xl. p. 175 (1826) ; -Snndev. Consp. Ao. Picin. p. 80 (186(i). 

 Picus palalaca, Wayl. Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 92 (1827). 

 Picus squainosus, J^ess. Traite, i. p. 230 (1831). 

 Brachypternus philippinaruni, Strield. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 31. 

 Chrysocolaptes philippiuarum, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 436 (1845) ; 



Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zi/f/od. p. 10, no. 176 (1851) ; Gray, List Picid. 



Brit. Mus. p. 63 (18(is). 

 Chrysocolaptes aurantius, Gray, Gen. B. iii App. p. xxi (1849) ; 



