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Subsp. a. Dendrocopus cissa. 



Picus cissa, Pall. Zoogr. liosso-Asiaf. i. p. 412 (1831) ; Seeb. Ibis, 

 1882, p. 423. ^, ,^ 



Picus major (pt.), Beichenb. Scans. Pinncs, p. 364, no. 842 (18o4) ; 

 Malh. P««^<», i. p. 56 (18G1); Sundev. C'onsp. Av. Picin. p. 21 



(I860)- , -,. 



Picus niaior {non Linn.), Middend. Sib. Peise, Zool. p. 132 (1851) ; 



Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1876, p. 239 ; Finsch, Verhandl. k. k. 



zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1879, p. 227 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 



1882, p. 395. 

 Picus ruaior kamtscliaticus, Byb. 8f Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1883, 



pp. 146, 157 ; Di/b. f. c. p. 368. 

 Dendrocopus purus, Sfcfn. Auk, 1884, p. 35. 

 Dryobates purus, Sfepi. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 29 (1885), pp. 



230, 342. 



Adult male. Kesembles D. major, but may be distinguished by its 

 having the under surface of the body jMo-e white, and also in having 

 a oreater amount of white on the lateral tail-feathers, the black bars 

 being narrower. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-22, wing 5-7, 

 tail 3-6, tarsus 1-03 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-57, 

 outer posterior 0-67, inner anterior 0-5, inner posterior 0-3. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of the 

 crimson occipital baud, the occiput being black, like the crown. 

 Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 5-5, tail 3-55, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Across Siberia, north of the Altai range to 60"^ lat. East 

 into Kamtschatka and Behring Island *. 



Subsp. /3. Dendrocopus pcelzami. 



Picus pcelzami, i?oc/f/. B. Cauc, Trans. Soc. Kazan, viii. 4. p. 121 

 (1879), in Piuss'ian ; Seeb. Ibis, 1882, p. 23 ; Radde, Orn. Cauc. 

 p. 310, pi. XX., S ? ad. (1884) ; Dres.m; Ibis, 1889, p. 91. 

 Picus major ])oelzami, Seeb. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 409. 

 Picus major (wow Linn.), Lorenz, Orn. Faun. Kaukasus, p. 44 

 (1387). 

 Adult mcde. Eesembles J), major, but is very much smaller and 

 has the under surface of the body very dark brown, inclining to 

 chocolate; the white patch on the wing-coverts is considerably less, 

 owing to fewer of the inner coverts being white. Total length 8-5 

 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 4-97, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-95 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0-52, outer posterior 0'6, inner anterior 0-48, 

 inner posterior 0'3. 



Adidt femcde. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red 



■» Tho e.\act limits of the range of this species cannot be accurately given. 

 They appear to be very much the same as those ofD. -pip''"- 



