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Picus erythropygius nigrigenis (Hume) 



Gecinus nigrigenis Hume, Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, No. 5, May 

 1874, p. 106 (no locality given; "very common about Pahchan, 

 Kollidoo, Darguin, and other parts of the Salween and neigh- 

 bouring districts of the Tenasserim provinces," Jlde Hume, 

 Stray Feathers, vol. 2, No. 4, June 1874, p. 444; type locality 

 inferentially restricted to the Pa Chaung [a stream entering 

 the Salween from the west at lat. 18°35' N., long. 97°20' E.l, 

 by Hargitt, Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 

 18, 1890, p. 68). 

 Range: The northern plateau (excepting Chiang Kai and Phayao) 



and the western provinces south to Kanchanabm'i. 



Picus erythropygius erythropygius (Elliot) 



Gecinus erythropygius Elliot, Nouv. Arch. Mus. [Paris], tome 1, 

 fasc. 4, 1865, Bull., p. 76, pi. 3 (Cochin-China). 

 Range: Common on the eastern plateau. 



Picus flavinucha flavinucha Gould 



Picus flamnucha Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1, No. 11, 

 Mar. 12, 1834, p. 120 ("the Himalayan mountains and also 

 the lower regions of India"; type locality restricted to Darjee- 

 ling, Darjeeling District, Bengal State, India, by "Koelz" 

 [Biswas], Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 1452, 1950, p. 5). 

 Range: The western provinces from Chaiya Prakan south (along 

 the river Mae Ping) to Kamphaeng Phet. 



Picus flavinucha archon Deignan 



Picus flavinucha archon Deignan, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 186, Sept. 

 17, 1945, p. 238. New name for Chrysophlegma flavinucha an- 

 namensis [sic] Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol. 48, No. 325, July 10, 1928, p. 130 (Khebon, Vinh Province, 

 Annam), not Picus chlorolophus annamensis R. Meinertzhagen, 

 1924. 

 Range: The eastern provinces of the northern plateau (Phrae, Nan) 

 and the northern portion of the eastern plateau (Loei, Sakon Nakhon) 



Picus flavinucha pierrei Oustalet 



Picus {Chrysophlegma) Pierrei Oustalet, Le Naturaliste, ann. 11 

 ser. 2, tome 3, No. 47, Feb. 15, 1889, p. 45 (Cochin-China). 

 Range: The eastern plateau (excepting areas occupied by the 

 preceding form) and the southeastern provinces. 



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