36. CHEYSOCOLAPTES. 457 



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. 



Hab. The following of the Philippine Islands :— Mindanao (Butuan 

 and Zamboanga), Easilan *, and JS'egros (iSibulan). 



a. S ad. sk. Zamboanga. ' Challenger ' Ex- 



pedition. 

 (0,c. cJad. ;f/. 2ad. Zamboanga, March, May {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. Everett), 



e. d ad. sk. Butuan, May 1877 (A. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



8. Chrysocolaptes rufopunctatus. (Plate XII.) 



Chrysocolaptes lucidus {non Scop.), Ttveedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 379; 



Wardl.-Ramsmj, ed. Tweedd. Mem. p. 603 (1881). 

 Chrysocolaptes rufopunctatus, Harg. Ibis, 1889, p. 231. 



Adult female. Has the back, scapulars, rump, wing-coverts, and 

 outer webs of secondaries crimson, without any admixture of olive- 

 golden; the bases of the rump-feathers blackish brown, without spot; 

 upper tail-coverts brownish black, the lower series unspotted, the 

 outer of the upper series having a subapical buffy-white spot ; tail 

 brownish black, the central feathers not margined with golden olive 

 at the base ; top of the head and the crest blackish brown slightly 

 tinged with dull red, each feather having a triangular spot of reddish 

 buff close to the tip ; face buff and, including the ear-coverts, striped 

 with black ; malar region, chin, and throat yellowish white ; the 

 black on the feathers of the fore neck, chest, and underparts very 

 intense ; bill entirely black. Total length 9-8 inches, culmen 1-68, 

 wing 5-35, tail 2-75, tarsus 1-12; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0-85, outer posterior 1-08, inner anterior 0-68, inner 

 posterior 0'4.5. 



Hab. The island of Panaon, Philippines. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Panaou, Philippines, Oct. 1877 Tweeddale Coll. 



{A. Everett). (Type of species.) 



9. Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus. 



Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus, Wald. <§- Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 99, 

 pi. iv. ; Wald. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 526 ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1877, 

 XXX. p. 314; Guidd. B. As. \i. -pi. xxxvii. c? $ (1877); Wardl.- 

 Rams. Tiveedd. Mem. pp. 118, 299, 314, 410, O.J5, 664 (1881). 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, rump, and wing-coverts crimson, 

 the margins of the feathers more vermilion, and the bases dusky 



* It was in this island that C. mactdiceps of Sharpe (which I cannot 

 separate fi-om the present species) was obtained by ])r. Steere. I take the bird 

 to be a young female. 



