CHRYSOCOLAPTES. 399 



Genus CHRYSOCOLAPTES Blyth, 1843. 



Culmen nearly straight ; nasal ridge strongly marked ; nostrils exposed ; 

 featliers of throat and breast with large nearly circular light spots bor- 

 dered with l)lack or blackish l)rown ; upper parts red or yellow ; inner 

 webs of quills with large white spots; of medium size, length 250 to 

 280 mm. ; bare space around eye larger than in Tiga and the crest laterally 

 compressed instead of being spread out. 



Species. 



a\ Mantle and back golden yellow erythrocephalus (p. 399) 



a^. Mantle and back largely crimson. 



V. Sides of head and entire lower parts strongly washed with yellow. 



xanthocephalus (p. 402) 

 h'. Sides of head and lower parts not washed with yellow, 

 .c'. Wings and mantle crimson without any mixture of yellow. 



rf'. Chin and jaw not washed with crimson; light spots on throat and fore 



breast nearly round hsematribon (p. 400) 



(P. Chin and jaw washed with crimson; light spots on throat and fore 



breast pear-shaped rufopunctatus (p. 402) 



cr. Wings and mantle more or less orange or yellow. 



d^. Wings and mantle crimson mixed with golden yellow... lucidus ( p. 401) 

 (/". Mantle and wing-coverts orange with scarcely a tinge of crimson. 



montanus (p. 401) 



303. CHRYSOCOLAPTES ERYTHROCEPHALUS Sharpe. 

 RED-FACED GOLDEN FLICKER. 



Chnjuocolapies erijthroccphnlus Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1877), 1, 315, 

 pi. 46, fig. 1; Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1890), 18, 452; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 

 65. 



Balabac (Everett); Calamianes {Bourns <C- Worcester, McGregor); Palawan 

 (Hteere, Everett, Lcmpriere, Platen, Sfeerc Exp., Bourns d- Worcester, Celestino, 

 White). 



Male. — Entire head, sides of head, and upper throat crimson, tiie 

 throat very pale, almost rose-color, and with three narrow black lines, one 

 in the middle and one on each side; ear-coverts black; mantle and wings 

 golden yellow; back and rump scarlet; tail black; feathers of under parts 

 white with a slight buff wash and black edges, producing the spotted 

 appearance usual in tins genus; tail blackish brown. Lengtii. about 380; 

 wing, 153; tail, !)S ; lulmen from base, 43; tarsus. 27. 



