- Chrysocolaptes montanus Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1905), 16, 16; Ibis (1906), 485.
Mindanao (Goodfellow, Celestino).
Adult.—“Adult male and female differ from the male and female of C. lucidus in having the mantle and wing-coverts orange with scarcely a tinge of crimson. In the female also the top of the head and occipital crest are orange, not washed with crimson. In the male: ‘Iris red; upper mandible black, lower greenish yellow; feet blackish gray.’ In the female: ‘Iris ruby-red; upper mandible black, lower greenish yellow; feet grayish olive.’ Length, about 241; culmen, 38; wing, 132; tail, 74; tarsus, 28.
“In C. lucidus the greater part of the wing-coverts and the outer margins of the secondaries are crimson, giving the whole wing a crimson appearance, whereas in the present form, though some of the males have narrow crimson-orange edges to the wing-coverts, the general color of the wings is distinctly orange.
“This form may be regarded as a partially alpine representative of C. lucidus, of which it is no doubt a subspecies; it also occurs on the coast, for two fully adult male specimens were procured at Piso.” (Grant.)
367. CHRYSOCOLAPTES RUFOPUNCTATUS Hargitt.
RED-SPOTTED GOLDEN FLICKER.
- Chrysocolaptes rufopunctatus Hargitt, Ibis (1889), 231; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 457, pl. 12; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 65.
- Chrysocolaptes samarensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 8.
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Panaon (Everett); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male.—Above bright crimson, similar to C. hæmatribon; below black with large pear-shaped buff spots; lower parts similar to C. lucidus but the cheeks washed with pale crimson. Length, 275; wing, 141: tail, 87; culmen from base, 40; tarsus, 27.