4. GECINUS. 55 



i. (S ad. sk. Black Forest {R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



k. S ad. sk. Cukarora, Turkey, Dec. :29, Iluine Coll. 



1872 {Sintenis). 



I. Juv. sk. Tientsin, China. Tweeddale Coll. 



m. 2 ad. sk. Chekiang, China ( W. Pnjer). Tweeddale Coll. 



'*-!?• d" juv.; >•. South Manchuria, June .3, 18SG. II. E. M. James, 



2 ad. sk. Esq. [P.]. 



s. 2 ad. sk. Ilakodadi, Japan, Nov. 2, ISGo Tweeddale Coll. 



(//. Whitely). 



f, u. S 2 ad. sk. Ilakodadi, Japan, Dec 12, 18G5. 11. Whitely [C.]. 



V. Skull. S. Germany. Dr. Giinther. 



11. Gecinus guerini. 



Chloropicos guerini, Malh. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 539. 



Gecinus guerini, Bp. Coiisp. Gen. Av. i. p. 127 (1850); id. Consp. 

 Volucr. Zyrjod. p. 10 (185J-) ; Reichenh. Scans. Piciuce, p. 349, 

 no. 796, pi. dcxxii. figs. 4144, 4145 (1854) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. 

 B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 659, no. 968 (1856-58) ; Swinh. Ibis, 

 1863, p. 96 ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 268, 333 ; Gray, List Picid. 



p. 266 ; Hary. op. cit. 1888, p. 11. 

 Gecinus tancolo, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 283; id. B. Asia, vi. 



pi. 35 (1864) ; David S,- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 53 (1877). 

 Gecinus tancola, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. .389; Gray, List Picid. Brit. 



Mus. p. 73 (1868); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 191, no. 8675 (1870); 



Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 392. 

 Chloropicus guerini, Malh. Picidcc, ii. p. 127, pi. Ixxx. figs. 4, 5 



(1862). 

 Picus guerini, Sundev. Comp. Av. Picin. p. 61 (1866) ; David, Nouv. 



Arch, du Mus. 1871, Bull. vii. p. 4. 

 Picus tancola, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 61 (1866) ; David, Nouv. 



Arch, du Mus. 1871, Bidl. vii. p. 4. 



AduU male. Resembles G. canus, but differs in the occiput and 

 nape being entirely black or in having the occiput sometimes broadly 

 striped with black on a grey ground, and the nape pure black ; the 

 underparts are rather darker. The present species is intermediate 

 between G. canus and G. ocdintalis. Total length IQ-o inches, 

 culmen 1-65, wing 5-6, tail 3-So, tarsus 1-15 ; toes (without claws) 

 — outer anterior 0-7S, outer posterior 0*72, inner anterior Q-oS, 

 inner posterior 0'35. 



Adult female. Has no red on the top of the head, the crown 

 being grey with black striations. Total length 10-2 inches, culmen 

 1"5, wing 5-3, tail 3"7, tarsus 1. 



Hah. From Nankin, throughoiit Central and Southern China, and 

 in Formosa. 



a. S ad. sk. N. China. Mr. Fortune [C.]. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Nankin, Sept. 1842 {Capt. J. Gould, Esq. 



Ince). 



c. (S ad. sk. Shanghai {J. R. Reeves). India Museum. 



