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 Tigu and the crest laterally 

 compressed instead of being spread out. 



Species. 



a\ Mantle and back golden yellow erythrocephalus (p. 399) 



a 2 . Mantle and back largely crimson. 



6 1 . Sides of head and entire lower parts strongly washed with yellow. 



xanthocephalus (p. 402) 



6 2 . Sides of head and lower parts not washed with yellow. 



c 1 . Wings and mantle crimson without any mixture of yellow. 



d 1 . Chin and jaw not washed with crimson; light spots on throat and fore 



breast nearly round hsematribon (p. 400) 



d 2 . Chin and jaw washed with crimson; light spots on throat and fore 



breast pear-shaped rufopunctatus (p. 402) 



c 2 . Wings and mantle more or less orange or yellow. 



dP. Wings and mantle crimson mixed with golden yellow.... lucidus (p. 401) 

 d 2 . Mantle and wing-coverts orange with scarcely a tinge of crimson. 



montanus (p. 401) 



363. CHRYSOCOLAPTES ERYTHROCEPHALUS Sharpe. 

 RED-FACED GOLDEN FLICKER. 



Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus SHABPE, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1877), 1, 315, 

 pi. 46, fig. 1; Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; HABGITT, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1890), 18, 452; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 

 65. 



Balabac (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. 



