288 viciDiE. 



witli white on the ai)ieal portion, the next inner feather tip|)ed 

 and spotted near the tip with white ; shafts black ; nasal plumes 

 dusky black ; forehead smoky or lirownish white ; crown and occiput 

 crimson ; nape and hind neck black ; sides of the face and neck, chin, 

 throat, fore neck, and chest white, the malar region smoky or brown- 

 ish, and behind this a very broad black stripe extending on to the 

 side of the chest, a branch from it running behind the ear-coverts 

 but not joining the nape ; the breast slightly yellow ; the abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts rose-red ; the sides of the body, flanks, 

 and thighs narrowly stiiped with black, the latter parts slightly pink ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white. Total length 8-3 inches, 

 culmen I'l, wing 4-83, tail 3-2, tarsus 0'8 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior O'oo, outer posterior U'o8, inner anterior 0-5, inner 

 posterior 0-25. 



Younci male. Eesembles the adult, but has the red on the head, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts much paler, and the striations 

 on the nnderparts less black ; the primaries are tipped with white. 



Adidt female. Has the red on the crown less brilliant than in 

 the adult" male, the red on the occiput more dusky and with a slight 

 yellowish tinge. Total length 8-3 inches, culmen 1, wing -i-O, 

 tail 3-32, tarsus 0-83. 



Hah. Western and Southern Europe, north to Finland, east to 

 the Caucasus. 



a. (S ad. St. Europe. Old Collection. 



b,c. c? $ ad. sk. Sweden, Jan., Oct. C. Meves [CI. 



d. d ad. sk. Skaue, Sweden, Aug. 17, 1873. C. Meves [C.]. 



e. Juv.sk. Tuvkey {T. Bohsoii). Tweeddale Coll. 



Subsp. a. Dendrocoptes sancti-johannis. 



Picua sancti-johauuis, Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 226 ; id. East. Pers. ii. 



p. 138, pi. ix. (18713). 

 Pieus medius {non Linn.), Danford, Ibis, 1877, p. 264, 1878, p. 7 ; 



Tristr. op. cit. 1882, p. 418; id. Cat. Coll. p. 101 (1889). 

 Pious medius, var. saucti-johanuis, Raddc, Oni. Cam. p. 313, pi. xix. 



fig. 3 (1884). 



Adult male. Eesembles D. medius, but diflers in being smaller, 

 and in having the underparts of a richer yellow and a deeper red, 

 also in the striations on the sides of the body, flanks, and thighs 

 beino- conspicuously broader and blacker, the black upon the latter 

 parts taking the form of transverse spots or bars. There is very 

 much more black on the lateral tail-feathers, these appearing as 

 though black barred with white, the white bars being narrower 

 than the black interspaces, the reverse being the case in D. medius. 

 Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-7, tail 3, tarsus 0-82 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-5, outer posterior 0-6, inner 

 anterior 0-43, inner posterior 0-3. 



Adult femcde. Differs from the adult of the opposite sex in having 

 the crown of a less brilliant crimson, and this colour upon the 



