42 piciD^. 



Reichenh. Scans. Picince, p. 349, no. 797, pi. dcxx. figs. 41.37-38 



(1854); Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 333 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 



p. 72 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 191, no. 8672 (1870) ; Blahist. 8,- 



Pnjei; Trans. As. Soc. Jap. x. p. 136 (1882) ; Joui/, Proc. V. S. 



Nat. Mus. vi. p. 308 (1883) ; Harff. Ibis, 1888, p. 40. 

 Chloropicos awokera, MalJi. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 



p. 351. 

 Chloropicus awolcera, Malh. PicidcB, ii. p. 128, pi. Ixxx. figs. 1, 2 



(1862). 



Adult male. Back and scapulars olive, the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts also olive, but the feathers haviug chrome-yellow tips ; wiug- 

 coverts and outer webs of the secondaries of a more golden olive 

 than the back ; the remaining portion of the quills dusky black, the 

 outer webs of the primaries spotted with white, the inner feathers 

 having the web partially or entirely margined with olive; inner 

 webs, except the apical portion of the primaries, spotted with pure 

 white ; shafts dusky brown ; tail brownish dusky, with faint greyish 

 bars on both webs, the central feathers margined at the base with 

 golden olive ; shafts dusky brown with blackish tips ; nasal plumes, 

 base of forehead, lores, and below the eye dusky black ; crown, occi- 

 put, and nape crimson, the bases of the feathers slaty grey spotted 

 with black, partly exposed ; malar stripe mostly crimson, but black 

 anteriorly and posteriorly ; hind neck dusky black ; chin and throat 

 white ; face and side of "the neck and fore neck slaty grey, shading 

 into yellowish grey on the chest and upper breast; the remaining 

 underparts and the under tail-coverts white tinged with yellow, and 

 covered with V-shaped and crescentic markings of black, the lower 

 series of under tail-coverts barred with black ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillarics yellowish white, with transverse and varied spots of 

 black : " iris Venetian red ; bill dark greenish, base lemon-yellow ; 

 tarsi and toes dull olive-green" {Jowj). Total length 11-3 inches, 

 culmen 1-6, wing 5-6, tail 3-95, tarsus 1-15 ; toes (without claws)— 

 outer anterior 0-75, outer posterior 0*68, inner anterior 0-6, inner 

 posterior 0"35. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the forehead and 

 crown smoky grey, the latter greenish posteriorly, the feathers 

 being tipped and streaked with dusky, the occiput and nape red ; 

 the malar stripe red as in the male. Total length 11 inches, culmen 

 1-45, wing 5-55, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-05. 



Young (sex ?). Has the back and scapulars dusky with the faint- 

 est green tinge ; forehead and crown dusky, the occipital feathers 

 tipped with dull orange-scarlet ; nape and hind neck dusky blackish ; 

 face and side of the neck smoky grey ; some of the black malar 

 feathers tipped with red ; chin, throat, fore neck, and chest dingy 

 buffy white ; the black markings below covering the entire breast ; 

 the wings and their coverts very much duller. In other respects it 

 resembles the older birds. 



Hah. Main island of Japan, also the island of Xiushiu. 



a,h. S 9- ad. sk. Japan. Gould Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Japan. C. Maries. 



