22. lYKGirrcrs. 3^9 



ffah. Japan (island of Kiushiu), and, according to Dr. Steiueo'er 

 the southern part of Hondo. " ' 



a, b c? ad. ; c. $ ad. sk. Japan. Goiild Coll. 



'^- <? ^^- f • Kobe. Tweeddale Coll. 



*'• ^ ^d- s^'- Nagasaki. Tweeddde Coll. 



Suhsp. n. lyngipicus seebohmi. 



Picus kizuki(«o« remm.), Swink. Ibis, l87o, p. 4ol ; Blakhton &■ 



tryer, op. at. 1878, p. 229; Seeboh/n, op. cif. 187!l p 09 

 I'lcuskisuki i?/a^-/,sY. Ibis, 1862, p. 325; id. ^- Pri/er,' Trans'. As. Soc. 



Jap. X. p. l.'U (1882). 

 lyngipicus kizuki, Harf/iff, Ibis, 1882, p. 36. 

 lyngipicus seebohmi, Hargitt, Ibis, 1884, p. 100; Tacz P Z S 



1888, p. 467. 

 Picus (lyngipicus) seebolimi, Blakist. Amend. List B. Jap. up 13 & 



4o (1884). ^ ^^' 



Yungipicus seebolimi, Stejn. Proc. U. S. Kat. Mus. 1886, p. 123. 



Adult male. Resembles /. hiziiU, but may be distinguished by the 

 very much greater amount of white in the plumage ; the top of the 

 head being ashy grey instead of brown ; the ground of the entire 

 under surface of the body pure white, with a very distinct rufous- 

 brown gorget, and the outer webs of the outer jjrimaries having six 

 spots of white. Total length 5-3 inches, culmcu 0-65, wing°3-3, 

 tail 1-95, tarsus 0-62; toes (without claws)— outer anterior 04^ 

 outer posterior 0-45, inner anterior 0-33, inner posterior 0-23. 



Nestling, male. Has the top of the head bluish ashy, the forehead 

 spotted with smoky white ; the under surface of the body white, 

 without any yellow tinge on the chest, and the striations dense ; the 

 stripe on the side of the occiput exists, as in the adult male, but it 

 IS of a more orange-scarlet. 



Adult female. Wants the red stripe on the side of the occiput, 

 and has the chest and upper breast less rufous brown. Total lenoth 

 5-1 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-47, tail 2, tarsus 0-58. ^ 



Hah. Japan (the Main Island and Yczo) ; on the Continent in 

 Ussuri and Corea. ' 



a. 2 ad. sk. Ussuri. St. Petersburg Museum 



rp.]. 



b. d ad sk Japan {Pri/er). Tweeddale Coll. 



C) «• 6 S ad. sk. Yokohama. H. Pryer, Esq fCI 



e,f. d imm. ; ff, Yokohama {H. Pryer). E. iWdler sliarpe, Esq 



h. 5 ad. et rp/i_ ^ ^' 



imm. sk. 



Stibsp. /3. lyngipicus nigrescens. (Plate V.) 

 lyngipicus kizuki nigrescens, Seebohm,Ibis, 1887, p. 177. 

 Yungipicus nigi-escens, Stejn. Zeitsch. rjesaynm. Orn. 1887, p. 171. 



Adult female. Differs from /. kizuki in being smaller and very 

 much blacker, having the top of the head, occiput, and nape blackish 

 brown ; the car-coverts, band across the side of the neck, and 



