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365. CHRYSOCOLAPTES LUCIDUS (Scopoli). 
SCOPOLI’S GOLDEN FLICKER. 
Picus lucidus Scorout, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1796), 2, 89. 
Chrysocolaptes lucidus Hareirr, Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 455; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGrecor and WorcEsTER, Hand- 
List (1906), 65. 
Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao 
(Everett, Murray, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Good- 
fellow). 
Male.—TYop of head, back, and rump scarlet; mantle and wings dull 
golden yellow, the feathers edged with dull crimson, producing a mixture 
of yellow and red on these parts; tail brown; upper tail-coverts dull 
golden, washed with crimson ; under parts olive-brown, most of the feath- 
ers with round buff spots or tips. Length, 275; wing, 142; tail, 99; 
culmen from base, 43; tarsus, 27. 
Female.—Similar to the male but feathers on top of head olive-green, 
washed with dull crimson and each feather having a pale yellow spot at 
its tip. Wing, 134; tail, 92; culmen from base, 38; tarsus, 26. 
“Young.—The male differs from the adult of the same sex in having 
less red on the feathers of the back, which, together with the scapulars, 
are more spotted with white, some of these spots being exposed; face 
duller yellow; chest and upper breast dusky olive, the feathers having 
close to the tip a large heart-shaped spot of pale golden buff, with a 
concealed spot of pure white separated from it by a dusky bar. The 
female has the feathers of the forehead, crown, occiput, and nape olive- 
golden, with dusky olive bases, the crown-feathers slightly tinged with 
red, those of the occiput and nape more so, the whole being covered with 
small rounded spots of golden white; the chin, throat, and malar region 
whiter, the latter without any tinge of red.” . (fHargitt.) 
“Common in Mindanao and Basilan. Found both in forest and in 
second growth. Seven males from Mindanao measure,’ 262 in length; 
wing, 133; tail, 79; culmen, 45; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 31. 
Four females, length, 267; wing, 134; tail, 68; culmen, 35; tarsus, 24; 
middle toe with claw, 31. Iris red; legs and feet dull greenish white: 
upper mandible black, lower greenish.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
366. CHRYSOCOLAPTES MONTANUS Grant. 
MOUNTAIN GOLDEN FLICKER. 
Chrysocolaptes montanus GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1905), 16, 16; 
Ibis (1906), 485. 
Mindanao (Goodfellow, Celestino) . 
Adult.—“Adult male and female differ from the male and female of 
C. lucidus in having the mantle and wing-coverts orange, with scarcely a 
tinge of crimson. In the female also the top of the head and occipital 
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