396 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Five males measure in length, l-iS; eulmen, 20; wing, 78; tail, 40; 

 tarsus, 15. Eight females, length, 152; culmeu, 20; wing, 81; tail, 41; 

 tarsus, 17." {Bourns and Worcester.) 



'"Common in Sibuyan; usually found in the forest. Seems not to 

 occur in Tablas or Romblon. Iris dark brown to brownish red ; legs and 

 feet olive-brown; nails leaden; bill black, except base of lower mandible, 

 which is gray." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



359. YUNGIPICUS LEYTENSIS Steere. 

 LEYTE PYGMY WOODPECKEE. 



Yunigipicus leytensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 



9, (error). 

 Yungipictts leytensis McGbegob and Wokcester, Hand-List (1906), 65. 



Bd-tuc, Bohol, used for all woodpeckers. 



Bohol (McGregor) ; Leyte {Steere Exp., Whitiehead) ; Samar {Steere Exp., 

 Bourns rf Worcester, Whitehead). 



Male. — Forehead and crown black; wings and back barred with white; 

 lower back and rump white, washed with pale fa\\Ti; ear-coverts black; 

 white stripe from above eye to side of neck very broad ; a conspicuous red 

 patch on each side of occiput; throat and breast washed with pale fawn. 

 Length of a male from Bohol, 145 ; wing, 8.3 ; tail, 42 ; culmen from 

 base, 20. 



Female. — Similar to the male but with no red patches. 



"Two males from Samar average, 152 in length; wing, 80; tail, 31; 

 culmen, 19 ; tarsus, 13 ; middle toe with claw, 17. A female, length, 159 ; 

 wing, 87; tail, 37; culmen, 20; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 17. Iris 

 reddish brown ; legs, feet, and nails yellowish brown ; upper mandible and 

 tip of lower black; base of lower mandible yellowish." {Bonrns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



360. YUNGIPICUS FULVI FASCI ATUS Hargitt. 

 HARGITT'S PYGMY WOODPECKER. 



lyngipicus fulvifasciatvs Hargitt, Ibis (1881), 598; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 



(1890), 18, 333; Shabpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 220. 

 Yungipicus basilanicus Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 9. 

 Ytingipicus fulvifasciatvs McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65. 



Basilan {Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Mindanao {Everett, 

 Bourne <C- Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino) . 



Male. — Above black, barred with white and waslied with pale fawai ; 

 forehead and crown seal-brown ; ear-coverts and side of neck black ; a wide 

 white stripe from above eye to side of nape; a conspicuous bright red 

 stripe on side of occiput ; back and rump pale fawn ; lower parts strongly 

 washed with light ocherous yellow; round spots on breast much smaller 

 than in preceding species ; abdomen and sides but faintly lined with black ; 



