222 piciDiE. 



Hy])opicus darjelleiisis, Bp. Covsjj. Voliicr. Zygod. p. 8, no. 64 



(1854). 

 Dendrocopus darjeelensis, Cab. S)- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 36 (1863). 

 Picus darjileusis, Siindev. Comp. Av. Picin. p. 23 (1866). 

 ricus desmursi *, Verr. N. Arch, du Mus. vi. BuU. 7. p. 33 (1870) ; 



id. op. cit. vii. p. 25, pi. i. figs. 1 c?, 2 $ (1871) ; Elwes, P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 665 ; Swinh. t. c. p. 089 ; David Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 47 



(1877). 



Adult male. Resembles D. cathpharius, but is very much larger 

 and differs in the following points : — the side of the neck is never 

 crossed by a patch or band of red extending from the nape, and is 

 of a golden buff, and with, at most, the tips only of the feathers 

 orange or slightly reddish ; the chin-angle is not varied with black ; 

 the thighs are barred with black, and the vent and under tail-coverts 

 are bright scarlet. Total length 8'8 inches, culmen 1'35, wing 5"05, 

 tail 3"15, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*6, outer 

 posterior 0*7, inner anterior 0-55, inner posterior 0*35. 



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

 occipital band. Total length 8'5 inches ; culmen 1'3, wing 5"15, 

 tail 3*3, tarsus O-'J. 



Young. Have the feathers of the crown and occiput tipped wath 

 scarlet, sometimes with an orange tinge, and occasionally the nuchal 

 feathers are tipped Avith the same ; the chin and upper throat 

 striped with blackish broAvn ; the primaries tipped with Avliitc. 



Hab. Nepal, Sikhim, and through Southern Thibet to Moupin and 

 Western Setchuan. 



a. c? ad. sk. 



b, c, d. S ad. ; 

 c-h. 2 ad. sk. 



«-m. S ad. ; w. $ 



ad. ; o. S imm. 



sk. 

 p. 6 ad. ; q. 2 



imni. ; ;•. S 



juv. sk. 

 s, t. Juv. sk. 

 V, V, w. (S ad. ; 



IV, y, z. 2 ad. ; 



a' . Juv. sk. 

 b'-V. d" ad. et 

 . juv. ; I'-t'. 5 



ad. sk. 

 v!~y' . c? ad. et 



imm. ; z , a" . 

 2 ad. sk. 

 h", c". J_2 ad. ; 



d". 2 imm. sk. 

 e",/\c?2 ad.; 



y" . juv. sk. 

 h" . Skeleton. 



Himalayas. 



Nepal. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodysou). 



Gould Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 India Museum. 



Sheopuri Ridge, Nepal Vallev, Hume Coll. 

 May 1878 (/. Scully). 



Thibet, March (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 

 Native Sikhim. Jan., March, Hume Coll. 

 April, Sept. [L. Mandelli). 



Sikhim, Jan., Feb., March, 

 April, June, Aug., Sept. 

 (i. Mandelli). 



Darjeehng. 



Darjeeling (Pearson). 



Darjealiug. 



India. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



* I have carefully exauiiiiL'd Vcrreaux's types and fail to flud any specific 

 character by which they can be separated from I>. darjilensis. 



