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“Five males measure in length, 148; culmen, 20; wing, 78; tail, 40; 
tarsus, 15. Hight females, length, 152; culmen, 20; wing, 81; tail, 41; 
tarsus, 17.” (Bourns and Worcegfftr.) 
“Common in Sibuyan; usually found in the forest. Seems not to 
oceur 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 WOODPECKER. 
Yunigipicus leytensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
9, (error). 
Yungipicus leytensis MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 65. 
Béd-tuc, Bohol, used for all woodpeckers. 
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Samar (Steere Exp., 
Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead). 
Male.—Forehead and crown black; wings and back barred with white ; 
lower back and rump white, washed with pale fawn; 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, 83; 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, lengthy 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.” (Bourns and 
Worcester MS.) 
360. YUNGIPICUS FULVIFASCIATUS Hargitt. 
HARGITT’S PYGMY WOODPECKER, 
Iyngipicus fulvifasciatus HarGitt, Ibis (1881), 598; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
(1890), 18, 333; SHaRPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 220. 
Yungipicus basilanicus STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 9: 
Yungipicus fulvifasciatus MCGREGOR and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 65. 
Basilan (Hverett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (LHverett, 
Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino) . 
Male.—Above black, barred with white and washed with pale fawn; 
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 ; 
