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cibus alarum dorso concoloribus nee maculatis ; tectricibus primariorum nigrican- 

 tibus extus olivascenti-aureis ; reniigibus nigricantibus interne albo ovatim macu- 

 latis, extus oliyascenti-aureis gradatim coccineis; supracaudalibus nigris, versus 

 apicem olivaceis et fulvo maculatis ; cauda nigricanti-brunnea olivaceo lavata, rec- 

 tricibus externis basaliter fulvo maculatis ; pileo sunimo olivascenti-brunneo, fulvido 

 transversim maculato, coccineo adumbrato, maculis fulvis hoc colore nitentibus ; 

 loris et facie laterali fulvescenti-flavis, regione parotica postica genisque anguste 

 nigro striatis ; gula etiam fulva, vitta nialari distincta nigra ; collo undique marmo- 

 rato, plumis laete fulvis nigro marginatis, torquem collarem squamosam forman- 

 tibus ; corpore reliquo subtus ochrascenti-fulvo, plumis pectoralibus nigro margi- 

 natis, reliquis nigro irregulariter transfasciatis ; subalaribus pectori concoloribus ; 

 rostro corneo, mandibula ad basin flavicante ; iride coccinea. Long. tot. 10, culm. 

 l - 55, alee 5 - 55, caudse 3*55, tarsi 1*05. 

 a. Isabella de Basilan, Oct. 1874. Eyes carmine. 

 The nearest ally to this species is C. hcematfibon ; but the Basilan bird differs in its 

 paler red and more spotted head, buff-coloured ear-coverts, spotted mantle and upper 

 tail-coverts. Dr. Steere marked on his label that one bird was "full-grown," not being 

 young, as it might have been supposed to be. 



13. Chrysocolaptes erythrocephaltjs, sp. n. (Plate XLVI. fig. 1.) 



Ad. supra auratus vix coccineo lavatus ; remigibus brunneis extus auratis, secundariis et 

 tectricibus alarum interscapulio concoloribus ; pileo cristato undique coccineo ; 

 gutture paullo pallidiore, vitta mediana angusta nigra, altera utrinque nialari an- 

 gusta nigra ; praepectore et torque collari ochrascenti-fulvo, plumis nigro anguste 

 circumdatis ; corpore reliquo subtus fulvescenti-albo, nigro variegato, plumis an- 

 guste nigro marginatis, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus irregulariter nigro transfasci- 

 atis ; axillaribus albidis nigro maculatis ; subalaribus nigris albo ovatim maculatis, 

 margine alari aureo lavato; supracaudalibus nigricantibus, olivaceo terminaliter 

 lavatis ; cauda nigra ; rostro virescenti-corneo ; pedibus saturate plumbeis ; iride 

 coccinea. Long. tot. lOO, culm. 1*7, alee 5 - 65, caudse 3 - 4, tarsi 1*15. 

 a. 3 ad. Puerto Princesa, Palawan. 



This species appears to be distinguished from all the other members of the genus by its 

 red throat and head. 



Tiga, Kaup. 



14. Tiga javanensis (Ljungh) : Salvad. TJcc. Born. p. 55. 



a. cJ . Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes black. 

 I am unwilling on the strength of one specimen only to institute a new species ; but 

 certainly this three-toed Woodpecker differs from all the others with which I have com- 

 pared it in the uniform sides of the fore neck, which are brown, like the rest of the 

 under surface, the latter being barred across. It appears to agree best with a Bali bird 

 obtained by Mr. Wallace, and is probably the same in worn plumage. 



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