15. BENDEOCOPUS. 219 



Picus gouldi, Malh. Ficid(e, i. p. 02, pi. xvii fio-s 6 7 ^9 am^\ ■ 



Miu^. p. M (1868) id. Hand-l. B. u. p. 181, uo. 8543 (1870^ 

 Dendrocopus cabaiiisi, Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 34 (1863) 

 Denclrocopus mandannus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p 34 (18fi3) 

 Dendrocopus gouldi, Cah. .f Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 35^1863 ^■ 

 Dendrocopus luciam, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv.S,. 36 1863) 

 Picus mandennus, var., Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. 1876, p. 194 ^' 



<^MCt ,fT^^'' P' "'^Oor, but may at once be distin- 

 guished bj Its b ack scapulars and taM-ny brown ear-coverts • the 



and the r;b"'*^'r'^ "^T^^^">- '' '-^darker and tawny brown 

 and the feathers between the extremities of the black stripes 



Ted^ krt d ''' *'"^' ''1 '^''''' ^" *« «- ^^-^' are t[iii,edTth 

 Wa;]- To^l ?'^'?rcr^''*V^'' ™°^'" conspicuously spotted with 

 ?S fo^ r • r^ ^^■^'"'^'^^' ^"^-^^^ ^-^^ ^^^^ 5- tk 3, tarsus 

 nnl' n r • ?r claws)-outer anterior 0-6, outer posterior 0-68, 

 inner anterior 0-5, inner posterior 0-3 



^.;»?j /.;««?,. Wants the red occipiial band, but is otherwise like 



ss ^tsr;;:93'^*"^ ''-''' '■' -''-' -^-" i-^' --^ ^-^^ 



J^oimg. In both sexes, before the autumn moult, the crown is red • 

 the young have also the primaries conspicuously tipped with white • 

 te.ron?'tf 'i;?"''"^^ *'^^"^^'^ ^•"'^t^"^^^ -thsome dusl ; 



I consider the birds bearing the titles P. cahanisi, P. mandannus, 

 cHrirr t 1 ' • ^i""'V*° ^' '''' '-^'^^^ the same in more or less 

 examnK™'°?.' ^'"^^^"'^ ^^'^"^ '^-^' ^^"''^^°"' °^ '-^^^^^^^^ ^^o^thern 

 tS? beir ^'^f «P°tting more developed and sometimes 



f on n,. M p'' ^'^T^^''- ^"^■^'^^'^^ '"'''''■■ I have seen a male 



erorseif bf wh r l' '^'""^'^^ ^^''^"'^^^ 1^^^' "^ ^l^i^l^ the rump is 

 crossed by white bars, or spots having a barred character • the 

 scapulanes were also considerably varied^ith whit. Thi example 

 IS mentioned by Mr. Styan in the 'Ibis ' for 1887 p '»9 



//«6. Throughout China, in the north extending i"nto Western 

 Kansu, and ranging south-west into Manipur *. 



a. Juv. sk. Pekin t. , 



& 9 id «1' ft AT ^„ . I'urcliased. 



c 2 ad si J? '''°^' ^ • ^'"'^''*' ^^""y 1^'^^- M^'- Pratt [C.l. 



d e ^%t\ «1- '^faiig- >ai. India Museum, 



f^' 5 nd Iv ^,l>a"8-hai (J. i?. Becres). Gould Coll. 



^'t^P^clhk ?rF°- .e, , -,. TweeddaleColl. 



/' ■ 9 «r1 i Chdaang (^/,aV«' ^/«.^^«m). Tweeddale Coll. 



'", f. ¥ aa. Sk. fokien. nnnlrl f\^u 



-,-d? ad.sk. Canton. ?:eedclaIe-CoU. 



Matu Muncfof^^an^!'"- ^^ ^^ ^''^'^ ^"f 1,^'^'' l'' "«) ^^^ ^'«ted that in the 



