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49. Deiiflvocopus major' japoineus (Seebohm). 



Vladimirofka : 1?, June 3; Icf, Jiine 10; Iç^, June 11. 

 Tretiya Padj : Id", Jiüy 2; 1$, July 7. 

 Chipesam : Id^, Oct. 11. 



This woodpecker appeared at first somewhat different from 

 true japonicus and I almost believed that the bird from 

 Saghalin was to be regarded as a separate subspecies. From the 

 typical jaj^onicus, some male specimens in full plumage differ 

 in having the forehead pure white, only with a slight creamy 

 tint to the feathers situated next to the nasal bristles. In other 

 specimens, especially the females, the creamy tint is somewhat 

 deeper, or might in some cases be termed even pale huffish. The 

 lower side varies in different specimens from pure white to pale 

 buff. Unlike D. in. kamtschaticus Dybowski,^^ this' bird has the 

 whole outer web of the second primary black, only with one or 

 sometimes two rather small white spot on the basal half. The 

 light coloured parts of the outer tail-feathers are white (not buff 

 as in true jajwnicus, but occasionally creamy at the tip of the 

 second and third). The extension of the white on these feathers 

 is somewhat variable. Usually it extends over the terminal half 

 of the outermost tail-feather (thus less than in kamtschaticus), 

 and is then crossed by two black bars ; in some specimens the 

 white extends somewhat farther down and is then crossed by 

 three black bars. The second tail-feather has two black bars 

 across the white portion. On the third, the white is sometimes 

 present only as one or two (opposite) white spots ; sometimes it 

 extends over the whole tip and is crossed by a black bar. 



1) I'.iill. Soc. Zool. France ISS.'i, l'. .108. 



