Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Walden and Layard, Ibis (1872), 99,
pl. 4; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 457; Sharpe,
Hand-List (1900), 2, 228; McGregor and Worcester; Hand-List
(1906), 65.
Tu-ba-lá-tuc, Masbate; tuc-tuc-ba-lá-tuc, Ticao.
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester);
Negros (Layard, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay);
Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Male.--Forehead, crown, and occiput light crimson; lores, a narrow
line over eye, cheeks, and ear-coverts light golden yellow; mantle,
back, rump, secondaries, and secondary-coverts crimson, not so bright
as crown; alula, primary-coverts, and primaries edged with dull golden
yellow; chin yellow with a black line down the middle and a black line
on each side; neck and fore breast blackish brown, each feather with
a large spot of pale yellow or yellowish buff; rest of under parts
uniform yellow; tail dark brown. Iris carmine; bill dark brown above,
greenish below; legs pale yellow; nails dark horn-brown. Length, 260;
wing, 148; tail, 90; culmen from base, 40; tarsus, 26.
Female.--Similar to the male but differs in having the crown and
crest golden yellow like the sides of head. Wing, 145; tail, 94;
culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 24.
"Habits like those of C. lucidus. Seven males from Masbate measure,
274 in length; wing, 144; tail, 80; culmen, 35; tarsus, 24; middle
toe with claw, 31. Three females, length, 283; wing, 144; tail, 85;
culmen, 34; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31. Iris red; legs and
feet light yellow; upper mandible black, lower dull green." (Bourns
and Worcester MS.)
Genus LICHTENSTEINIPICUS Bonaparte, 1854.
Culmen slightly curved for its entire length; nasal ridge prominent;
nostrils partly concealed by plumes; occipital crest short; plumage
slate-black; chin, throat, and sides of neck with a minute white spot
at the tip of each feather.
Species.
a1. Plumage black; malar region and forehead crimson in the
male. ... funebris (p. 403)
a2. Plumage slaty smoke-gray; malar region scarlet in the
male. ... fuliginosus (p. 404)