14. FTPOPicus. 199 



inaudible yellow ; nasal plumes black ; the 

 bars on the back and on the thi;^hs narrower. 

 a' . Top of the head, occiput, and nap^ crimson . . hyperythrus S ad., 

 b'. Top of the head, occiput, and nape black, [p. 199. 



spotted with white hyperythrus, 5 ad., 



B. Underparts rufous-brown ; the primaries (when [p. 200. 



closed) crossed by not more than four white 

 bars ; under mandible not yellow, and of the 

 same colour as the upper mandible ; nasal plumes 

 buff tipped with black ; the bars on the back 

 and on the thighs broader. 

 c. Top of the head, occiput, and nape crimson . . poliopsis (^ ad., 

 d'. Top of the head, occiput, and nape black, [p. 201. 



spotted with white poliopsis 5 ad., 



[p. 201. 



1. Hypopicus hyperythrus. 



Picus hyperythrus, Viy. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23 ; Gould, Cent. B. Hinial. 



Mts. pi. 1. d" $ ad. (1832) ; Blijth, J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 19G ; Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 43-5 (1845) ; id. Cat. Mamm. ^c. Nepal pres. Hodys. 



1846, p. 115 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 63 (1849) ; Bp. Cvnsp. 



Gen. Av. i. p. 136 (1850) ; Reichenh. Scans. Picince, p. 368, no. 850, 



pi. dcxxxv. hgs. 4224-25, S $ (1854) ; Malh. Picidce, i. p. 130, 



pi. XXX. figs. 4, 5, 6, c? 5 ad., S juv. (1861) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. 



Picin. p. 30 (1866) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1868) ; 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 183, no. 8572 (1870) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 7. 

 Dendrocopus hyperythrus, Hodys. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 85. 

 Hypopicus hyperythrus, Bp. Comp. Volucr. Zyyod. p. 8, no. 62 (1854) ; 



Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus.E. I. Co. ii. p. 675 (1856-58) ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. i. p. 276 (1862) ; Gray, Cat. Mnmm. ^-c. Nepal pres. Hodys. 



1863, p. 63 ; Hume, Sir. F. xi. p. 69 (1888). 

 Xylurgus hyperythrus, Cab. i§- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 50 (1863). 

 ? Picus flavirostris*, David, Nouv. Arch, du Mus. 1871, Bull. vii. p. 4. 



Adult male. Back, rump, and scapulars barred black and white ; 

 upper tail-coverts black ; wings and their coverts black, the latter, 

 as well as both webs of the quills, spotted with white ; the primaries 

 (when closed) crossed by five or six white bars ; shafts brownish 

 black ; tail black, the two outer large feathers ou either side barred 

 with white on the apical half, the next inner feather spotted with 

 white near the tip ; shafts black ; nasal plumes black ; base of the 

 forehead greyi.sh white ; crown, occiput, and nape crimson, this 

 colour spreading on to the side of the neck, the bases of the feathers 

 dusky leaden grey, with an occasional small streak or spot of white; 

 anterior half of face white, the malar region and the chin dusky ; 

 posterior half of face, the neck (except the hind part), and the 

 under surface of the body rich rufous, the thighs barred black and 

 white, and the vent and under tail-coverts scarlet ; under wing- 

 coverts white barred with black ; axillaries white. Total length 8 

 inches, culmen I'lo, wing 5, tail 3, tarsus 0*85 ; toes (without 



* This Woodpecker was onh' seen (not obtained) at Koko-nor by the Abbe 

 David, and the name " Pic roux a bee jaune" given by this anther is suggestive 

 of the bird having been either H. hyperythrus or a new species. 



