15. DENDROCOPTJS. 201 



x'. 5 ad. sk. Kokshinkoonoo, Maiiipur, April 3, lluuio Coll. 



1881 {A. O. H.). 

 y . (S ad. sk. Tankool lloondoong, Manipur, Mav llume Coll. 



20, 1881 {A. O. H.). 



2. Hypopicus poliopsis. 



Pied Woodpecker, Picus ?, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 339 ; 1863, p. 96. 

 Picus byperythrus {non Vig.), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1802, p. 319. 

 Picus hyperytlnus, var. poliopsis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 268. 

 Xylurgus subruflnus, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 50 (1863). 

 Pious hypeiythrus, var., Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 31 (1866). 

 Picus poliopsis, Girn/, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1868) ; Sicinh. 



P.Z. *'. I870,'p. 440. 

 Picus subruflnus. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 183, no. 8573 (1870). 

 Ilvpopicus poliopsis, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1S71, p. 392; David 8f Oust. 



'Ois. Chine, p. 51 (1877). 



Adult male. Eesembles M. hiiperythrus, but differs in having the 

 bars on the back broader ; the primaries (-when closed) crossed by 

 not more than four white bars ; the underparts browner and less 

 rufous, and in the centre of the chest a spot of red ; the white 

 interspaces between the black bars on the thighs broader; nasal 

 plumes buff tipped with black; bill entirely horny black. Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 1"1, wing 5*1, tail 2'95, tarsus 0-9 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0"57, outer posterior 0'63, inner 

 anterior 0'.5, inner posterior 0'3. 



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

 head, occi]Jut, and nape black spotted with white. Total length 

 8'5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 5-1, tail 3'4, tarsus 0'S3. 



Young male. Has the top of the head red ; the chin and throat 

 whiter and striped with dusky ; the sides of the neck, fore neck, and 

 chest rufcscent white, the feathers partially margined with dusky 

 black and having blackish bases, the whole having a spotted appear- 

 ance ; the breast also slightly spotted in a similar manner ; the tips 

 of the primaries white. 



Hah. Northern China (neighbourhood of Pekin). 



15. DENDROCOPUS. 



Type. 



Dendrocopos, Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 72 (1816). . . . D. major. 



Dryobates, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 977 D. pubesceus. 



Dendrodromas, Kavp, Natihi. Syst. p. 136 (1829) . D. leucouotus. 

 Leuconotopicus, Math. liev. Zool. 1845, p. 373 .... U. stricklandi. 

 Uvctiopicus, Bp. Consp. J'olucr. Zyyod. no. 29 



"(1854) D. mixtus. 



Pipripicus, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. no. 50 (1854). D. leuconotus. 

 Phrenopicus, Bp. Consp, Volucr. Zygod. no. 34 



(1854) I>. borealis. 



Piculus, Brehm, Volht. Vogelf. 1855, p. 70 D. minor. 



Pyroupicus, Mulh, Introd. Monogr. Picid. p. liii 



(1861; 1). borealis. 



