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behind the malar region : the red feathers of the crown and occiput 

 having grej- bases ; the chest covered with large spots of black ; 

 below the chest fulvescent or olivescent brownish, the breast having 

 faint dusky-brown stripes ; the under tail-coverts tipped with bright 

 vermilion-red. In other respects similar to D. analis : " legs and 

 feet greenish plumbeous ; upper mandible blackish or horny brown, 

 bluish towards the base ; lower mandible plumbeous, darker at the 

 tip ; irides brown '' {Hume). Total length 7 inches, cidmen 0"8, 

 wing 3"75, tail 2"3, tarsus 0"6o : toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0-45, outer posterior O'ST, inner anterior 0-4, inner posterior 

 0-22. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the crown and 

 occiput black instead of I'ed. Total length 6'7o inches, culmen 0-8, 

 wing 3"7, tail 2, tarsus 0-6S. 



Younfj male. Differs from the adult male in having the red on the 

 top of the head of a dull orange-scarlet, less extended, and more 

 confined to the crown ; the nape less black, as are also the spots on 

 the fore neck and chest ; the barring of the plumage more dusky ; 

 the underparts of a more smoky-grey colour ; the feathers of the vent 

 and the under tail-coverts tipped with a faint washed-out red. 



Hah. South Andaman Islands *. 



a-e. S ad. et 



imm.; f,fj. 2 



ad. sk. 

 h. 2 imm. sk. 

 i, k. (S ad. ; /, 



m. 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 n, 0. 2 ^^- J P- 



(^ juv. sk. 

 q, V, s. S ad.; t, u, 



V. 2 ^<i- ; '") ^• 



cJ juv. sk. 

 _y, z, a', c? ad. ; 



b', c'. 2 ad. et 



imm.; d'. Juv. 



sk. 

 e'. 6 ad. ; /. 2 



ad. sk. 

 ff'. 2 ad. sk. 



/('. J ad. sk. 



S. Andamans, Jan., Feb., 

 May, Jidy (B. G. JV. Pi.). 



S. Andamans. 



Mt. Harriett, Dec, March, 

 1873 ( W. Damon). 



Aberdeen, May 1873 (IF. 



Davison). 

 Port Mouat, Jan., April 1873 



{W. Davison). 



Port Blair, Aug., Sept. ( W. 

 Davison). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume CoU. 

 Hiuue Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Port Blair, Julv 1873 (R. J. R. Bowdler Sharpe, 



Wimherley).' Esq. [P.]. 



Stewart Sound, April 1873 Hume Coll. 



( JF. Davison). 



Macpherson's Straits, March 7, Hump Coll. 



1873 ( iV. Davison). 



29. Dendrocopus leuconotus. 



Picus leucotos, Bechst. Orn. Tasckenb. i. p. 66, 2 (1802) ; Brehm, 



Vdff. Deutschl. p. 190 (1831). 

 Picus leuconotus, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. ii. p. 1034, pi. xxv. figs 



* Blytb (Ibis, 1866, p. 221) states that this species inhabits Sumatra. It is 

 more probable that tlie bird referred to is D. analis, which is known to be 

 found in that island. 



