365. CHRYSOCOLAPTES LUCIDUS (Scopoli).

SCOPOLI’S GOLDEN FLICKER.

Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Murray, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow).

Male.—Top 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 feathers 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.” (Hargitt.)

“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.