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.
Female.--Very similar to the female of C. hæmatribon but the entire
head washed with crimson; lower parts as in the male. Wing, 140;
tail, 86; culmen from base, 38; tarsus, 27.
"Usually found in the forest. Quite abundant in Samar. Three males
measure, 273 in length; wing, 138; tail, 75; culmen, 36; tarsus, 25;
middle toe with claw, 33. Iris dull cherry-red; legs and feet dull
olive-yellow, nails black; bill nearly black. Food, larvæ." (Bourns
and Worcester MS.)