458 piCTD^. 



brown ; upper tail-coverts blackish brown, margined at the tip with 

 dull red ; outer webs of primaries brown with more or less of the 

 base dull golden olive, the outer webs of the secondaries deep 

 crimson ; inner webs of the quills blackish brown, with large rounded 

 marginal spots of white, those upon the outer primaries being con- 

 fluent and forming a longitudinal stripe ; shafts brown ; tail 

 blackish brown, the shafts black; forehead, crown, occiput, and 

 sides of the nape bright crimson, the feathers having black bases 

 and concealed white spots ; nasal plumes and face golden jellow, the 

 snpercilium striped with black, the malar region dull golden buff; 

 chin, throat, and entire neck and the chest pale golden buff, with 

 a iilack line bordering the lower part of the jaw, and a median line 

 of black on the chin ; the feathers of the throat, fore neck, and sides 

 of the neck partially margined with black, those of the chest entirely 

 so and having a squamate appearance ; underparts below the chest, 

 also the upper series of the under tail-coverts, buffy golden yellow, the 

 sides of the body striped with olive-brown, the lower series of under 

 tail-coverts dusky olive; under wing-coverts having yellowish-white 

 centres and olive-dusky margins, the edge of the wing being olive, 

 slightly dusky, and tinged with red. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1"55, wing 5'6, tail 3-lo, tarsus 1"07 ; toes (without claws) 

 — outer anterior 0*76, outer posterior 1, inner anterior 0-67, inner 

 posterior 0"46. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the entire 

 top of the head and the crest golden yellow : " eye white (?) ; beak 

 and feet horn-colour" (E. L. Layard). Total length 11 inches, 

 culmen 1*63, wing 5-83, tail 3-4o, tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. Island of Negros, Philippines. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Negros, March 1871 {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



10. Chrysocolaptes validus. 



Picus validus, Temm. PI. Col. 378 J, 402 $ (1825); Wagl. 



Sijst. Av. Picus, sp. 13(1827); Drap. Diet. Class. cT Hist. Nat. 



xiii. p. 508 (1828); Cnv. Begne Anim. 1829, p. 450; Less, in 



Belang. Voij. p. 242, 2 (1834) ; id. Compl. Bnf. ix. p. 313 



(1837) ; Eytmi, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 100; Jerd. B. ' Ind. i. p. 283 



(1862) ; Siindev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 7 (1806). 

 Campephilus validus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 430 (1845) ; Blyth, Cat. 



£. Mas. As. Soc.T^. 54, no. 240(1849); G ray, List Picid. Brit. 



Mvs. p. 57 (1868) : id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 188, no. 8631 (1870). 

 Megapicos vahdus, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 



p. 319. 

 Hemilophus validus, Bj). Corisp. Gen.Av. i. p. 131 (1850); Peichenh. 



Scans. Picina, p. 380, jio. 893, pi. dc^liv. figs. 4304-05, <S ? 



(1854) ; Sclat.P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 6. ^ 

 Eeinwaidtipicus validus, Bp. Cotisp. Valuer. Zyyod. p. 7, no. 14 



(1854) ; Gray, Cat. Gen. B. Mtis. 1855, p. 92 ; Bursf. ^ Moore, 



Cat. B. Mus. £. I. Co. ii. p. 650, no. 944 (1856-58); Moore, P. 



Z. S. 1859, p. 455 ; Hume, &tr. F. 1879, p. 52. 



