272 piciD^. 



Total length 10-5 inches, culmeii 1-65, wing 5-85, tail 3"65, tarsus 

 1-08 ; toes (witliout claws) — outer anterior 0*72, outer posterior 0*9, 

 inner anterior 0'65, inner posterior 0"4. 



Youmi male. Has the crown orange-red. 



Adidt fenuile. Differs from the adult male in the absence of the 

 red on the crown and occiput, these being intense black. Total 

 length 11*5 inches, culmen 1-55, wing G-15, tail 8"8, tarsus I'l. 



Hah. Japan (the northern half of the Main Island and Yezo). 



«, J. c? $ ad. sk. Hakodadi, Japan, Dec. Gould Ooll. 



(7/. Whiteb/). 

 c, d. 2 ad. sk. Hakodadi, Nov., Dec. H. Whitely [C.]. 



Subsp. y. Dendrocopus lilfordi. 



Picas leuconotus {non Bechst.), v. d. Middc, Orn. Griechenl. p. 30 

 (1844); Lmdcrm. Vm/. Griechenl. p. 42 (1860); Poioys, Ibis, 

 1860, pp. 2:34, 341 ; Elw. Sf BticM. op. cit. 1870, p. 188. 



Picus lilfoidi, S/uirpe S)- Dress. Ann. 4" Ma(/. Nat. Hist. 1871, p. 436 ; 

 Da7if. Ibis, 1877, p. 264, 1878, p. 6; Git/l. ojj. cit. 1881, p. 190; 

 id. Avif. Ital. p. 202 (1886). 



Adult nude. Resembles D. leuconotus, but differs in having the 

 lower back entirely and broadly barred with black ; the black stripe 

 which runs down the side of the throat and chest much broader, 

 and the branch from it which runs behind the ear-coverts uniting 

 with the nape ; the striations on the sides of the body broader and 

 the thighs barred with black ; the under tail-coverts striped with 

 blackish brown ; the black bars on the lateral tail-feathers broader, 

 and the under wing-coverts very much more varied with black. 

 Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 1'6, wing 5"85, tail 3*75, tarsus 

 I'Oo ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-65, outer posterior 

 0"75, inner anterior Q-O, inner posterior 0'38. 



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

 and occiput black. Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 5-75, 

 tail 3-5, tarsus 1. 



Mr. Danford gives the soft parts of this species as follows : " Iris 

 red ; bill and legs slate-coloured." 



Hub. Greece, Turkey, and the Ionian Islands, extending into 

 Dalmatia, and has occurred as far west as Ancona and Genoa. In 

 Asia Minor it is found in the Taurus range. 



«. Ad. sk. Europe. Zoological Society. 



b,c. (J 5 ad. sk. Asia Minor, March. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



30. Deudrocopus insularis. 



Picus insularis, Gonld, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 283 ; Stvinh. op. cit. 186:}, 

 p. 333 ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 390; Gould, B. Asia, vi. pi. xvi., J $ ad. 

 (1864); Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 24 (1866); Gray, List. Picid. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 35 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 182, no. 8554 (1870) : 

 Sxvinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 392 ; Ehves, op. cit. 1873, p. 667; David 

 S,- Oust. Ois. Chine, y- 49 (1877). 



Dendrodromas insularis, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 38 (lS63). 



