200 



claws) — outer anterior 0-53, outer posterior 0-G2, inner anterior U--47, 

 inner posterior 0'25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the whole of 

 the top of the head, occiput, and nape hlack, spotted with white. 

 Total length 7"7 inches, culmen 1, wing 4-65, tail 2-!), tarsus 0-8. 



Young. A specimen from the N.W. Himalaj'as (Pinwill), which I 

 take to be the young of the present species (the only young example 

 I have seen), differs from the adult male in having the white on the 

 back partaking more of the character of transverse spots than of 

 distinct bars ; the red on the head almost confined to the forehead 

 and crown, and the feathers transversely varied with black, and 

 without any white spots ; the neck and underparts rather paler and 

 more dingy rufous ; chest deephj washed ivith scarlet ; the breast- 

 feathers with a few dusky black spots and concealed black bars ; 

 the remainder of the underparts having large bar-like spots of 

 black, and partially concealed white ones ; bill entirely black. 



I cannot say whether the scarlet on the chest is a character in 

 the young, or whether it is abnormal. The young of the allied 

 species H. poliopsls do not possess it. 



Hah. Cashmere and through the Himalayan region to the Khasia 

 hills and Manipur, and probably northward through Eastern Thibet 

 to Koko-nor, as the Abbe David observed a Woodpecker at the latter 

 place answering to the present species. It also ranges into Cochin 

 China, in which country it was obtained by Dr. Harmand. 



a. S ad. ;h,c.'^ 

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d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 

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7n. Juv. sk. 

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ad. sk. 

 g. 2 ad. sk. 

 r, s. d" 2 ad. sk. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 

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2 ad. sk. 

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 d. 2 ad. sk. 

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imm. sk. 

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2 ad. sk. 



Cashmere {Dr. Belleic). India Museum. 



Koteghur, April 1871. Hume Coll. 



Murree. Hume CoU. 



Murree {J. Biddulph). Tweeddale Coll. 



Masiu-i. Hume Coll. 



Masuri. Pinwill CoU. 



Masuri (.S'. Pinwill). Tweeddale Coll. 



Middle range of hills north of Masuri. Ilume Coll. 



Almorah, Oct. 186G. Hume Coll. 



Naiui Tal, April, 18, 1868. Hume Coll. 



Bheem Tal, Nov. 10, 1866. Hume Coll. 



Nepal. Hodgson Cull. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodffson). India Museum. 



Nepal, Jan. 1876. Hume Coll. 



Native Sikliim, Jan., April (L. Man- Hume Coll. 

 delli). 



Sikhim, April, June {L. Mayidelh). Hume Coll. 



Darjeeling. Hume Coll. 



Daijeeliug. Tweeddale Coll. 



Khasia hills, Oct. 1870 {A. W. Chen- Tweeddale Coll. 

 ncll). 



