216 piciDji;, 



f. ? ad. sk. Oi To<?rah, Nov. ?., 1874 Tweecldale Coll. 



(./. Bid(lulph). 

 r/,k. cJ 5 ad. Khoteii. Rev. H. Lansdell 



sk. [C.J. 



2, Dendrocopus japonicus. 



Picus major {non Linn.), Blakist. Ihis, 18G2, p. 325 ; Whiteli/, op. cit. 



1867, p. 195; Siui7ih. op. cit. 1875, p. 451; Blahht. cf Prijer, 



op. cit. 1878, p. '228 ; Seeh. op. cit. 1879, p. 29 ; Blakid. 1^- Fryer, 



Trans. As. Soc. Jap. 1880, p. 207, 1882, p. 132. 

 Picas japonicus, Seeh. Ibis, 1882, p. 24. 

 Picus major japouicus, Blakist. Chrysanth. 1883, pp. 28, 77, no 1G7 ; 



Jow/, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, p. 307; Blakist. Amend. List 



B. Jap. pp. 13, 44 (1884). 

 Prvobates gouldii (wow Malh.), Stejneijer, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 



p. 112. 



Adult male. Resembles D. major, but differs in having the under 

 surface of the bodj- and the frontal band more of a buff colour ; the 

 apical half of the lateral tail-feathers is also of a pale buff and the 

 black bars are narrower ; the scapulars have more black at the 

 base, and the innermost of the secondaries are spotted with white ; 

 the dimensions are also less. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-2, 

 ■wing 5'3, tail 3"3, tarsus 0-95 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0"55, outer posterior 0-G5, inner anterior 0*47, inner posterior 0*3. 



The points of distinction between the adults of this species and 

 those of D. major may appear trifling, but that they are not the 

 same is clearly proved by the young of the two species being totally 

 different. 



Adult female. Wants the red occipital band, but is otherwise like 

 the adult male. Total length 8-3 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 5-15, 

 tail 3-25, tarsus 0-93. 



Young. Differ from tlie adult of both sexes in having the crown 

 red, the light portion of the plumage less pure, the chin, throat, 

 and fore neck thinly covered with dusky spots, the under surface of 

 the body (except the middle of the breast and abdomen) smoky 

 brown, the sides of the chest and breast striped, the remainder 

 ■with dusky blackish transverse markings ; the vent and under tail- 

 coverts of a pale washed-out red, the tips of the primaries white. 



Bab. The Main Island of Japan, Yezo, and the Kuriles. 



a,b.S2 f-d. sk. Japan. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Japan. C. Maries, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 2ad.sk. Yezo, Japan ( a i)/c If «w)- Tweeddale Coll. 



e. S ad.; /. 2 Hakodadi, Japan, Oct. Nov. Mr. 11. Whitely [C.]. 

 imm. sk. 



g, h. <S 2 ad. sk. Hakodadi, Nov., Dec. (//. Gould Coll. 



Whitely). 

 i. 6 ad. sk. Hakodadi. Sir 0. St. John [C.]. 



3. Dendrocopus mauritanus. 

 Picus mauritanus s. Picus lunatus, BreJtm, Naum. 1855, p. 274. 

 Picus numidicus {non Mcdh.), lieichenh. Scans. Bicince, p. 366, 



