1?() Dr. IIorsfield's Systematic Arrangement 



The female exceeds the male about an inch in length ; it is of 

 a paler colour ; the head is variegated above with blackish-grey 

 and white. It has a scarlet mark on each side of the neck under 

 the eyes ; the colour of the belly is uniform with the rest of the 

 body, and the throat and lower part of the neck are Isabella 



yellbw. 



Spec. 2. Picus Bengalensis Linn. 



Platuk bawatig Javanis. 



Spotted Indian Woodpecker, Edw. t. 182. 

 Pie verd de Bengale, PL Enl. t. 695. 



Longitudo 11 poll. 

 Partes superiores alteque nigrescentes, pileus coccineus, subtus 

 sordido-albo sagittatus : fazminaz pileus niger. 



Picus Goensis and Picus Bengalensis of Gmelin and Latham 

 appear to be the same bird : the Javan Woodpecker differs 

 slightly from both, but there is considerable variety in our spe- 

 cimens. 



Spec. 3. Picus miniatus Gmel. 



Platuk Javanis. 



The Red Woodpecker, Pennant's Ind. Zool. p. 39. t. 6. 



Spec. 4. Picus puniccus mihi. 



P. cristatus, pileo alisque puniceis, dorso et uropygio viridi- 

 olivaceis, cauda nigra, subtus exsordido-saturato ferrugineo 

 et olivaceo-albo variegatus. 



Longitudo 8j- poll. 



Maxilla inferior flava : remiges ultra medium subtusque fuscse, 



pogonium internum albo fasciatum. 



f. 

 Spec. 5. Picus strictus mihi. 



P. cristatus, rostro stricto gracili sensim attenuato, angulis su- 

 perioribus parallelis axpialibus, lineolis transversis curvatis 



tenuissimis 



