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THE BIRDS OF TRAVANCORE. 

 By H. S. Fergusson, F.L.S. 

 WITH NOTES ON THEIR NIDIFICATION. 

 By T. F. Bourdillon, F.L.S. 

 Part II. 

 {Continued from page 474.) 

 Order PICI. 

 Family Picid^e, 

 Sub-family Piemen. 



(137) GecinDs striolatus. — The Little Scaly-bellied Green 



Woo J pecker. 

 Blanford, No. 948 ; Jerdon, No. 171. 

 I have only lately obtained two specimens of this bird, both in the low 

 country — one at Gape Comorin in January 1902 and another at Quilon 

 at the beginning of 1903. 



(138) Gecinus chxorogaster. — The South-Indian YeUow-naped 



Woodpecker. 

 Blanford, No. 952 ; Jerdon, No. 175. 

 Fairly common in the hills at moderate elevations. I have nothing to 

 add to Mr. F. W. Bourdillon's description "not noisy except during the 

 breeding season. In February and March the plaintive monotonous 

 call of these birJs (which somewhat resembles the breeding call of the 

 common pariah kite) may be heard at all hours of the day, as they cling 

 motionless to the topmost bough of some tall forest tree. " 



(139) Liopicus mahrattensis. — The Yellow-fronted Pied Wood- 



pecker. 

 Blanford, No. 972; Jerdon, No. 160. 

 This Woodpecker is by no means common. There are two specimens 

 only in the Museum taken in or near Trevandrum. 



(140) Iyngipicus gymnophthalmtjs. — The Ceylon Pigmy Wood- 



pecker. 

 Blanford, No. 977; Hume, No. 164 bis. 

 This bird is found in forest, both in the low country and up to 2,000 

 feet on the hills. It frequents tho tops of tall trees and utters a long 

 thrillinji note. 



