YUNGIPICUS. 397 
no dark spots on crissum. Length of a male from Basilan, 152; 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 RAMSAY!I Hargitt. 
RAMSAY’S PYGMY WOODPECKER. 
Iyngipicus ramsayi Hareirt, Ibis (1881), 598; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
(1890), 18, 334; GuILLEMARD, P. Z. S. (1885), 254, pl. 17; Suarps, 
Hand-List (1900), 2, 220. 
Yungipicus ramsayi McGREGoR and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 65 
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi 
(Bourns & 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 brown. 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.) 
