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.)