396 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Five males measure in length, 148; culmen, 20; wing, 78; tail, 40; 

 tarsus, 15. Eight females, length, 152 ; culmen, 20 ; wing, 81 ; tail, 41 ; 

 tarsus, 17." (Bourns and Worcester.) 



"Common in Sibuyan; usually found in the forest. Seems not to 

 occur 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 LEYTENSI8 Steere. 

 LEYTE PYGMY WOODPECKER. 



Yunigipicu8 leytensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 



9, (error). 

 Yungipicus leytensis MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 65. 



lid-tuc, Bohol, used for all woodpeckers. 



Bohol (McGregor) ; Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead) ; Samar (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d 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, length, 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 FULVIFASCI ATUS Hargitt. 

 HARGITT'S PYGMY WOODPECKER. 



lyngipicus 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 (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Mindanao (Everett, 

 Bourns d 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 witli black ; 



