492 piciujE. 



fore part of the ear-coverts being unspotted dusky grey, with a few 

 of the feathers under the eye tinged with crimson ; the spots on the 

 hinder part of the face, side of the neck, and the hind neck slaty 

 white, those upon the chin, throat, and fore neck more rounded and 

 very minute, being reduced to mere specks ; the ground-colour of 

 the chin and throat is more dusky, as are also the sides of the 

 body and the under tail-coverts ; the chest and breast are likewise 

 of a more dingy buff colour, and many of the feathers have dusky 

 shaft-streaks ; the shafts of the tail-feathers browner, and their 

 bases very much paler. 



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

 of red on the head, the whole of the head being dark slaty grey, the 

 orbital region uniform, the remainder very minutely speckled with 

 slaty white, and with larger and whiter longitudinal s]3ots on the 

 posterior part of the head. Total length 14-7 inches, culmen 1-55, 

 wing 6'85, tail 5-85, tarsus 1'28. 



Hah. South Celebes. 



(I, b. (^ 2 ^^- ^k. Makassar. Wallace Coll. 



c, d. (S2 ad. ; e. Makassar (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



c? juv. sk. 

 .f, (/■ 6 2 ad. sk. Makassar {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



3. Microstictus fuliginosus. 



Mulleripicus fuliginosus, Tu-eedd. An?i. Sf- Mag. Kat. Hist. 1877, xx. 

 p. 534 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 817, 821, pi. Ixxxiii. d' ; Wardl.- 

 Eams. Tu-eedd. Mem. pp. 543, 548, 502, App. (i65, 667 (1881). 



Adult male (type of species). Plumage slaty grey, 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). Total length 

 12 inches, culmen 1*6, wing G-3, tail 4'35, tarsus 1'2; toes (with- 

 out claws) — outer anterior 0*98, outer posterior 0*86, inner anterior 

 0"7, inner posterior 0-46. 



Hah. N. Mindanao, Philippines. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Butuan, Philippines, May {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



H. Everett). (Type of species.) 



b. ,5 ad. sk. Surigao, May (A. H. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



4. Microstictus funebris. 



Picus funebris, Valenc. Diet. Sc. Xat. xl. p. 179, 2 (1826) ; Drop. 



Diet. Class. fV Hist. Kat. xiii. p. 497 (1828); Sundev. Consp. Av. 



Eicin. p. 10 (1866). 

 Picus lichteusteiui, Waff I. Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 31, $ (1827). 



