15. DENDEOCOPUS. 273 



Adult male. Upper aud middle back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 uniform black ; the lower back white, narrowly barred with black ; 

 scapulars black, tipped with white ; wings and their coverts black, 

 a few of the central median coverts aud both webs of the quills 

 spotted with white ; shafts black ; the four central tail-feathers 

 uuiform black, the next one black, spotted with white on the apical 

 portion of the outer web, the two outer large feathers on cither side 

 having their apical half barred M'ith white ; shafts black ; nasal 

 plumes huffy white, broadly tipped with black ; f routal band buff ; 

 crown and occiput crimson, bases of the feathers black ; nape and 

 hind neck black ; sides of the face and neck, chin, throat, and fore 

 neck white, the ear-coverts fulvescent, the remaining underparts 

 (except the abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts, which are rose- 

 red) being fulvescent white ; a broad black malar stripe, after send- 

 ing off a branch behind the ear-coverts (but not joining the nape), 

 extends down the side of the fore neck and chest, uniting on the 

 latter with the corresponding stripe and sending off numerous broad 

 stripes of black, the remaining fulvescent white underparts being 

 broadly striped with black ; the under tail-coverts with a few 

 blackish stripes ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the 

 former with a few large black spots, the edge of the wing conspi- 

 cuously black : " iridcs red ; bill horny ; feet lead-colour " {David). 

 Total length inches, culmen 1-45, wing 5-2o, tail 3'15, tarsus 1 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0"65, outer posterior 0'78, 

 inner anterior 0'55, inner posterior 0-4. 



Young male. Has the crown orange-red. 



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

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

 9 inches, culmen 1-35, wing 5-3, tail 3*15, tarsus 1. 



Hah. The island of Formosa. 



rt, &. cT $ ad. sk. N. Formosa. Purchased. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Tamsui, Formosa, Dec. 1876 {R. Hume Coll. 



Swinhoe). 



d. $ ad. sk. Tamsui, Dec. 1866 {R. Swinhoe). Tweeddale Coll. 



31. Dendrocopus namiyei. 



Picus leucouotus {non Bechst.), Blakisf. ^- Fryer, Trans. As. Soc. Jap. 



X. p. 133 (1882). 

 Dryobates namiyei, Sfe/ii. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mug. 1886, p. 116. 



Adult mcde. Resembles D. insularis of Gould, from Formosa, but 

 is larger (excepting the tail) and has less white upon the lower back, 

 this being contined to three bars across ; there is also more red on 

 the under surface of the body, this colour extending on to the breast; 

 the broad black stripe which borders the chin, tlu'oat, and fore neck, 

 and extends on to the side of the chest, docs not unite witli the 

 corresponding stripe aud form a distinct crescentic band, there being 

 only an approach to this in the form of a few stripe-like spots of 

 black on the central chest-feathers, a few of these being tinged 



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