YUNGIPICUS. 397 



no dark spots on crissum. Length of a male from Basilan, 153 ; wing, 

 84; tail, 40; culmen from base, 19. 



Female. — Similar to the male but without red patches on head. 

 Length of a female from Basilan, 147 ; wing, 82 ; tail, 43 ; culmen from 

 base, 19. 



''A younger male has the rump and upper tail-coverts uniform; the 

 white on the sides of the face and neck, chin and throat purer; the spots 

 on the chest and breast smaller, and the breast not so yellow; the under 

 wing-coverts less spotted with black, and the primaries tipped with white." 

 (Hargitt.) 



"Quite abundant in low second growth in Basilan. Nine males from 

 that island average, 141 in length; wing, 81; tail, 39; culmen, 20; tarsus, 

 15; middle toe with claw, 17. 



Three females, length, 149 ; wing, 84 ; tail, 38 ; tarsus, 14 ; middle toe 

 with claw, 17; culmen, 19. Iris reddish brown; legs and feet dirty olive- 

 yellow; nails brown; bill black, paler at base." (Bourns and Wor- 

 cester MS.) 



361. YUNGIPICUS RAMSAYI Hargitt. 

 RAMSAY'S PYGMY WOODPECKER. 



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



(1890), 18, 334; Guillemard, P. Z. S. (1885), 2.54, pi. 17; Sharpe, 



Hand-List (1900), 2, 220. 

 Yungipicus ramsayi McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65. 



Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi 

 ( Bourtis & Worcester ) . 



Male. — Above earthy brown; white bars mostly wanting except on 

 inner webs of quills; rump white; no well-defined spots or stripes on 

 breast and abdomen; breast with a strong wash of saffron-yellow; sides 

 and abomen dirty white, faintly streaked with dusky browTi. A male 

 from Tawi Tawi measures: Wing, 81; tail, 47; culmen from base, 18. 



Female. — Similar to the male but with no red on the head. A female 

 from Sulu measures: Wing, 84; tail, 42; culmen from base, 18. 



"The younger female has some indistinct spots of pale brown upon the 

 inner webs of the four central rectrices. 'Iris brown; bill slate-black; 

 tarsus olive-green.' (Guillemard.)" (Hargitt.) 



''Very abundant about dead trees in open fields both in Sulu and Tawi 

 Tawi. Seven males from Sulu average, 136 in length; wing, 84; tail, 

 34 ; culmen, 20 ; tarsus, 15 ; middle toe with claw, 17. Three females 

 from same place, length, 142; wing, 81; tail, 37; culmen, 17; tarsus, 15; 

 middle toe with claw, 17. Iris dark brown to brownish red; legs and 

 feet olive-brown, nails nearly black ; bill black at tip, ashy gray at base." 

 (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



