CHRYSOCOLAPTES. 399 
Genus CHRYSOCOLAPTES Blyth, 1843. 
Culmen nearly straight; nasal ridge strongly marked ; nostrils exposed ; 
feathers of throat and breast with large nearly circular light spots bor- 
dered with black or blackish brown; 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 7ga and the crest laterally 
compressed instead of being spread out. 
Species. 
a, Mantle and back golden yellow..............-..----.--.---.0--1-- erythrocephalus (p. 399) 
a, Mantle and back largely crimson. 
b'. Sides of head and entire lower parts strongly washed with yellow. 
xanthocephalus (p. 402) 
b?. Sides of head and lower parts not washed with yellow. 
c’, Wings and mantle crimson without any mixture of yellow. 
d@. Chin and jaw not washed with crimson; light spots on throat and fore 
breast nest lysmoun deste secs esctne sete ekocsescsesameeee hematribon (p. 400) 
d, Chin and jaw washed with crimson; light spots on throat and fore 
breast pear-shaped: s3.. oct. stds ca cecesdsceeetnn bas rufopunctatus (p. 402) 
¢. Wings and mantle more or less orange or yellow. 
d@, Wings and mantle crimson mixed with golden yellow.... lucidus (p. 401) 
d’, Mantle and wing-coverts orange with scarcely a tinge of crimson. 
montanus (p. 401) 
363. CHRYSOCOLAPTES ERYTHROCEPHALUS Sharpe. 
RED-FACED GOLDEN FLICKER. 
Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus SHARPE, Trans. Linn. Soe. (1877), 1, 315, 
pl. 46, fig. 1; Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; Hareirr, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. (1890), 18, 452; McGrecor and WorcesTER, Hand-List (1906), 
65. 
Balabae (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Palawan 
(Steere, Everett, Lempriere, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, 
White). 
Male.—Entire head, sides of head, and upper throat crimson, the 
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 this genus; tail blackish brown. Length, about 280; 
wing, 153; tail, 98; culmen from base, 43; tarsus, 27. 
