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not acquainted with the exact locality whence his species 

 came. When I wrote my catalogue of the Picidce in the 

 British Museum^ I had only Luzon specimens to work from, 

 and had no idea that the Panay bird differed; consequently 

 I considered the Luzon examples to be /. mac/datus. Speci- 

 mens of an lyngipicus having been procured in Panay by the 

 Steere Expedition, 1887-88, 1 at once recognized the bird as 

 quite distinct from the Luzon s|)ecies, and both will be 

 found recorded, and their habitats given, by Professor 

 Steere, in his ' List of the Birds and Mammals collected by 

 the Steere Expedition to the Philippines/ 1887-8, published 

 in Michigan, 1890. Through the courtesy of Mr. Moseley, 

 I was able to add the Panay species to my collection. 



" The following brief diagnosis will show the points of 

 difference between the two species : — 



" Iyngipicus maculatus. 



" ^ . Above brown (tinged with olive) and white ; the 

 spotting on the breast also brown ; a broad and very con- 

 spicuous red stripe on the side of the occiput. 



" Hab. Panay and Guiraaras. 



" Iyngipicus validirostris. 



" ^ . Above brownish black (without any olive tinge) and 

 white ; the crown brown and lighter than the ground-colour 

 of the upper parts ; the red stripe on the side of the occiput 

 narrow, and much less conspicuous than in /. maculatus, 



" Hab. Luzon and Marinduque. 



" The females of these species differ (as does this sex in 

 all the lyngipici) in the absence of red on any part of the 

 occiput.''^ 



Yalenc. ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 



(Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 



Steere; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

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