Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & 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 FULVIFASCIATUS Hargitt.
HARGITT’S PYGMY WOODPECKER.
- Iyngipicus 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 & 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 with black; no dark spots on crissum. Length of a male from Basilan, 152; wing, 84; tail, 40; culmen from base, 19.
Female.—Similar to the male but without red patches on head. Length of a female from Basilan, 147; wing, 82; tail, 43; culmen from base, 19.