16 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



large nest hole and breeds early, young, able to fly, having beeu 

 found in the Satpooras at Christmas. 



It generally lays but one egg, but Mr. Davidson, C. S., on one 

 occasion obtained a young one and a rotten egg from the samo 

 nest (this was in March). It generally cuts several holes in the 

 tree on whieh it nests, as well as in the adjacent ones. 



175.— THE SOUTHERN YELLOW-NECKED WOODPECKER. 



Chrysocolaptes chlorig aster, Jcrd. 

 Occurs throughout the jungles in the Western Satpooras and iu 

 the northern part of the ghats, but is nowhere abundant. It is a 

 permanent resident, but the eggs do not appear to have been taken. 



179.— THE MADRAS RUFOUS WOODPECKER, 



Micro'pternus gularis, Jercl. 

 The Madras Rufous Woodpecker occurs along the Sahyadri range 

 and adjacent forests as far north at least as Khandalla. It is a 

 permanent resident, but I can find uo account of its nesting habits. 



Several observers have noticed the fact of its head and tail boin<>- 

 generally smeared with resin, and also its habits of hammering 

 at ants' nests, in which most probably, like its northern congener, 

 M. plucoceps, it lays its eggg. 



180.— THE GOLDEN-BACKED WOODPECKER, 



Brachyplerniis aurantius, Lin. 

 The Golden-backed Woodpecker is very common throughout the 

 northern half of the prcsidensy. It is a permanent resident, breeding 

 from March to July, cutting its nest-hole in the trunk of a tree, 

 generally a mango or other soft-wouded one. The eggs, three in 

 number, are oval in shape, somewhat pointed at one end. They 

 measure I'll inches iu length by 0"8 in breadth, and are glossy 

 milk-white, with a delicate salmon tinge when fresh and unblown. 



In the Deccan it appears to retire to the hills to breed. 



Dcesa > S,"c. i April and May. H. E. Barnes. 



181.— THE LESSER GOLDEN-BACKED WOODPECKER. 



Braehypternus punciicollis, Malh, 



This Woodpecker replaces the last in the south. Its nesting habits 

 are precisely similar. 



