48 PICIDiE. 



Gecimis vittatus {non Vieill.), Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 76 

 (186S), pt. ; id Haml-l. B. ii. p. 192, no. 868;] (1870), pt. ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1874, p. 471 ; id. Sr Oates, op. cit. 1875, pp. 14,68 ; Armstr. 

 op. cit. 1876, p. 310 ; JIume, op. cit. 1877, p. 113 ; id. S,- Danson, 

 op. cit. 1878, p. 136 ; Hume, op. cit. 1879, pp. 52, 160 ; Bingh. op. 

 cit. 1880, p. 163 ; Oates, op. cit. x. p. 191 (1882). 



Geciniis weberi, MUM. Orn. Ins. Salanga, p. 69 (1882). 



Adult male. Bears a very close resemblance to G. vittatus, and 

 has the upper parts, wings, and head almost identical. _ It, how- 

 ever, differs from the latter in never having the chest uniform, this 

 being always, and the chin and throat generally, striated or marked 

 similarly to the under surface of the body ; the malar region is 

 black, striped with pure white; tail-feathers more spotted on the 

 margin : " upper mandible and gonys of lower mandible blackish 

 horny, rest of lower mandible pale yellow, the tip horn-black ; eye- 

 lids slate-colour ; irides dark red ; feet dusky green ; claws horny 

 brown" {E. W. Oates). Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 

 5-4, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-25 ; toes (without claws)— outer anterior 0-97, 

 outer posterior 0-85, inner anterior 0-7, inner posterior 0-4. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in the absence of red on the 

 head, the whole of the top of the head, occiput, and nape being 

 black. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-4.5, wing 5-15, tail 4, 

 tarsus I'l. 



Young. The sexes differ like the adult. In the nestlings the 

 underparts are duller and more smoky, and the dark markings are 

 very much less distinct than in the adult ; the ear- coverts are 

 darker ; the malar patch is almost entirely black, and in the male 

 the red on the head is orange-scarlet. 



This species presents many phases of coloration both in the young 

 and in the adult, varying from dark green to golden olive or golden 

 brown, the former type being characteristic of Dr. A. Miiller's 

 G. lueberi from Salanga. 



Hah. Pegu; Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula to Salanga, 

 and extending to Bangkok, Siam {Harmand). 



Burmah {Major Houghton). 



Tonghoo hills, Burmah, March 

 13, 1875 (R. G. W. R.). 



Tonghoo, May, Dec. {R. G. 

 TV. R.). 



Pegu. 



Arakan hills, Jan. 1872 (E. 



W. Oates). 

 China Ba-Keer, Rangoon, 

 Dec. 20, 1875 (/. Arm- 

 strong). 

 i. S ad. ; k, I. $ Teuasserim. 



ad. sk. 

 m, n, 0. c? ad. ; ^j, Pahpoon, Dec, Jan. (PT. 

 q. 2 ad. sk. Davison). 



a, b. d ad. et 

 imm. sk. 



c. (5 ad. sk. 



d, e. S 2 ad. sk. 

 /. (5 ad. sk. 



g. 5 ad. sk. 

 /*. J ad. sk. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 



