218 piciD^. 



Adult male. Differs from D. major in the black stripes which 

 border the throat and chest uniting upon the latter and forming a 

 broad gorget, the ti[)s of the feathers of the latter being crimson ; 

 the exposed white spots on the primaries (when the wing is closed) 

 forming four bars. Total Icngtli 8'5 inches, culmen 1'4, wing 4'9, 

 tail 3"2, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'63, outer 

 posterior 0"75, inner anterior 0'52, inner posterior 0-3. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red 

 occipital band. Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 1*2, wing 5, tail 

 3-2, tarsus 0-85. 



Youug male. Differs from the adult of both sexes in having the 

 whole of the crown crimson, the tips of the feathers being of this 

 colour, the bases dark leaden grcj', and a median spot of black ; 

 frontal band very dark smoky brown ; space behind the eye, also 

 the upper oar-coverts, dusky brown ; the black portion of the plumage 

 of a sooty colour and not blue-black ; the underparts whiter, and 

 having (in addition to the black and red chest-band) a few blackish 

 stripes on tho sides of the breast ; under tail-coverts pale scarlet, 

 this colour not spreading on to the vent, abdomen, or thighs. 



Hah. Algeria. 



a. $ ad. St. Algiers. Purchased. 



b. (5' ad.; c. S Algeria. Purchased, 

 juv. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. Algeria, April 1857 [H. B. Tris- Tweeddalo Coll. 



tram). 



e. 2 ad.sk. Djebel Dekma, Prov. of Constan- Sahiu-God man Cull. 



tine, Algeria, April (O. Salvin). 



f. Sternum. Algeria. 



5. Dendrocopus cabanisi. 



Picus cabanisi, Malh. J.f. 0. 1854, p. 172 ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. 



p. 8, no. 58 (1854) ; Eeichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 365, no. 843, 



pi. dclxxix. figs. 4487-88, c? 6 (1854) ; Gould. B. Asia, vi. pi. xvii. 



S $ ad. (1857) ; Malh. Picicla, i. p. 60, pi. xvii. figs. 1-2, S ? 



(1861) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 267 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 22 



(1866) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 33 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 181, no. 8544 (1870) ; Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 229.j 

 Picus luciani, Malh. in Mus. Paris; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 8, 



no. 00 (1854) ; Malh. Mem. Soc. d'Hisf. Nat. Moselle, 1857, p. 2 ; 



id. Picidre, i. p. 63, pi. xvii. fig. 4, J (1801) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. 



Picin. p. 23 (1806); Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 33 (1868); 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 182, no. 8551 (1870). 

 Picus niandarinus, Malh. Bull. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Moselle, 1857, p. 17 ; 



id. Picidce, i. p. 61, pi. xvii. figs. 8-9, S 6 ad. (1861) ; Sivinh. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 88 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 22 (1806) ; Grny, List 



Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 33 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 181, uo. 8542 



(1870); Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 94; id. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 391; id. 



Ibis, 1874, ]). 425, 1875, p. 123; David <$■ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 47 



(1877) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1884, p. 86; Hmne, Sfr. F. xi. p. 56 (1888). 

 Picus major?, Sicinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 46. 

 Large Pied Woodpecker (Picus cabanisi ?), Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 339, 



1803, p. 96. 



