226 piciD^. 



Picus cruentatus (wom Bodd.), Ant in. Naum. 185G, pp. 411, 414, pi. li. 



figs. 1 juv., 2 2 fid., 3 juv. 

 Picus felicife, Mnlh. Picida, i. p. I'll, pi. xxviii. figs. 8 S ad., 9 S juv. 



(IcSUl) ; Simdev. Consp. Av. Vicin. p. 22 (1866) ; Gray, List Picid. 



Brit. Mns. p. 34 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 182, no. 8548 (1870). 

 Dendrocoptes s_yri,acus, Cab. 8f Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 42 (1863). 

 Dendrocopiis felici;e, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 30 (1863). 

 Picus khan, Filippi, Arch. Znol. ii. p. 400 (1864) ; id. Tiaycj. Pers. 



p. 350 (1865) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 35 (1868) ; id. 



Hand-I. B. ii. p. 182, no. 8550 (1870), 

 Picus major (var.?), Tristr. Ibis, 1864, p. 230. 



Adult male. Eack, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform black ; 

 scapulars white barred with black at the base ; wings and their 

 coverts black, the innermost of the median and of the greater coverts 

 white, this forming a conspicuous patch, the innermost onlj' of the 

 secondaries uniform, all the remaining quiUs being spotted with 

 white upon both webs ; shafts dark brown ; tail black, the outer 

 large feather having a subapical bar of white, the next inner feather 

 with a subapical white spot on eacb web ; shafts black ; nasal plumes 

 and forehead biiffy white, the former varied with black ; crown, nape, 

 and hind neck black, the occi])ut scarlet, this colour forming a band ; 

 sides of the face and necl\, chin, throat, and underparts white with 

 a buffy tinge, a black malar stripe extends down the side of the fore 

 neck on to the side of the chest, a branch from it running on to the 

 shoulders, the face and neck not crossed by a black stripe ; the flanks 

 and thighs striped with dusky black ; the abdomen, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts more or less strongly washed with f.carlet ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, some of the former striped with dusky 

 black. Total length 8-7 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 5-05, tail 3-05, 

 tarsus 0-88 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'66, outer pos- 

 terior 0'7, inner anterior 0-48, inner posterior 0-35. 



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

 crown red, the occiput being black ; some of the chest-feathers tipped 

 with red, this colour being in the form of a crescent ; there are also 

 a few blackish striations on the side of the chest ; the black portion 

 of the plumage of a more sooty colour ; the underparts pale buffy 

 brown, the red on the abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts more 

 of a brick-red; the primaries tipped with white. 



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

 occipital band, the occiput being black, like the crown and nape ; 

 the striations on the flanks and thighs are more marked. Total 

 length 8-7 inches, culmen 1-22, wing 5-0.5, tail 3, tarsus 0-92. 



Younrj female. Resembles the young male. 



Hah. Asia Minor and south through Palestine to Hebron, and 

 Western Persia south to Farsistan, 



a. 5 ad. sk, Asia Minor Oct. 14, 1871 {Dr. Tweeddale Coll. 



Krilper). 



b. 2 ad. sk. Banias, Ilermon, Canon Tristram [P,], 



c. S ad. sk, Lebanon. Canon Tristram [P.J, 



