40. MICKOSTICTUS. 493 



Picus modestus, Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 98; Less. Coinnl. Bnf. ix. 



p. 310, S (1837). 

 Picus punctatus, Less. Traite, i. p. 230, ? (1831). 

 Hemilophus lichtensteini, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 439 (1840) ; Bp. Consp. 



Gen. Av. i. p. 131 (1850) ; Reichenb. Scans. Ficince, p. 386, no. 892, 



pi. dclxxix. figs. 4485-4486, J $ (1854). 

 Herailoplnis fimebris, Bh/fh, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 55, no. 247 



(1849) ; Grat/, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 84 (1868). 

 Lichtensteinipicus modestus, Bj}. Consp. Valuer. Zi/yod. p. 7, no. 16 



(1854). 

 Lichtensteinipicus lichensteini, Gray, List Gen. 1855, p. 93, ex Bp. 

 Drvopieus funebris, Malh. Picidce, i. p. 54, pi. xv. tigs. 1 cJ, 2 J 



(1861). 

 Alophonei'pes funebris, Cab. ^- Heine, ULis. Hein. iv. p. 107 (1863). 

 Caiupethera funebris, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 193, no. 2158 (1870). 

 Mulleripicus funebris, Tweedd. Trans. Zool. Soc. 1875, pp. 146, 249; 



Sharps, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1877, p. 350, tab. no. 29 ; Tweedd. Mem. 



ed. Wardl.-Ramsay, pp. 313, 410, App. 655 (1881). 



Adult male. General colour slaty black glossed with greenish 

 blue ; nasal plumes dusky black ; forehead and fore part of the 

 crown, loral and orbital regions, also the cheeks, duU crimson, this 

 colour forming a complete mask ; chin and throat brownish, and 

 these, together with the whole of the neck, having minute rounded 

 spots or specks of white, the hinder part of the head also minutely 

 spotted with white, but the spots ha^^ng a more pointed or 

 elongated character ; ear-coverts uniform ; the breast and abdomen 

 blackish brown without any gloss ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries of the same colour as the wings ; shafts of quills and of tail- 

 feathers slaty black. Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 

 6'0, tail 5, tarsus I'lo ; toes (without claws)— outer anterior 0'93, 

 outer posterior 0-8, inner anterior 0-73, inner posterior 0-45. 



Young male. More dusky in colour than the adult male, but 

 similar in plumage, the spotting on the throat and side of the neck 

 less distinct, these markings being almost obsolete on the nape and 

 hind neck. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red on 

 the head, those parts which are red in the male being uniform 

 black glossed -with bluish, except the malar region, which is minutely 

 speckled with white. Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 

 6-2.5, tail 4-9.5, tarsus 1-12. 



Hah. Philippine Islands (Luzon and Calayan). 



a, b. (^ 2 ^^- st- Philippines. Purchased. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Philippines. Purchased. 



d, e. S 2 ^d. sk. Philippines. Tweeddale Coll. 

 /, ff- d ad. sk. Philippines. Gould Coll. 



/(.cTad. ; i,k.2 Luzon, Jan., April (A. B. Tweeddale Coll. 



ad. sk. Meyer). 



I, m. d 2 ad. sk. Manila {3Iai/land Heriut). Tweeddale Coll. 



»(. c? ad. sk. Manila. Zoolo^zical Societv. 



