22. lYNGIPICTJS. 325 



10. lyngipicus grandis. (Plato VI.) 



Picus moluccensis, Wall, (non Gm.) in Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 43, 



note (1874). 

 lyngipicus grandis, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 45. 

 Yungipicus grandis, Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 503 ; id. Voy. March. 



ii. p. 149 (1886). 



Adult male. Resembles /. auritus in coloration and markings 

 generally, but is conspicuously larger, and the tail-feathers (except 

 the outer large one which is barred) have fottr buffy-white spots 

 upon each web : " iris reddish brown ; bill nearly black ; tarsus 

 dhty hl&ck" (GidJlemard). Total length 5-7 iuches, culmen 0"75, 

 wing 3-15, tail 1-7, tarsus 0'55 : toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0*37, outer posterior 0"5, inner anterior 0*35, inner 

 posterior 0'2. 



Adidt female. Has no scarlet stripe on the side of the occiput. 

 Total length G inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3"25, tail 1'65, tarsus 

 0-55. 



Average measurements of /. grandis and I. auritus : — 



/. grandis Wing 3'22 ; culmen 0*77. 



/. auritus „ 2-9 : „ 0-62. 



Hah. The islands of Lombock and Flores. 



a. $ ad. sk. Flores. Wallace Coll. 



b,c. c? $ ad. Flores {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Cull. 



sk. 



d. c?ad. ; e,f. Lombock. Wallace Coll. 



5 ad. sk. (Types of species.) 



g, h. (S ad. ; i. Lombock (^A. H. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 



11. lyngipicus auritus. 



Le petit iilpeiche brun des Moluques, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. 



p. 68 (1783). 

 Petit Pic des Moluques, Daubent. Fl. Enl. pi. 748. fig. 2. 

 Picus moluccensis, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 439 (1788, ex Biff.) ; Sfeph. . 



Gen. Zool. ix. -p. 178 (IS16); Tieill. N. Diet, d' Hist Nat. xxvi. 



p. 86 (1818); Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 177 (18i'2) ; Bonn. 



et Vieill. Enc. Mkh. iii. p. 1314 (1828) ; Vigors, JSIem. Raffi. 



p. 669 (1830) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 435 (1845, exclus. syn.) ; Bli/th, 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 63 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. '137 (1850) ; 



Temm. S^- Schl. Faun. Japon. p. 74 (1860) ; Cab. c^ Heine, Mus. 



Hein. Th. iv. p. 01 (1863); Gray, List Ficid Brit. Mus. p. 42 



(1868); id.Hand-l. B. ii. p. 184, no. 8588 (1870); Vorderm. 



Batav. Tog. p. 200 (1882). 

 Picus minor, Rajl. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 290 (1822, non L.). 

 Picus variegatus, Wagl. Sijst. Av. Picus, no. 27 (1827, no7i Lath.) ; 



Malh. Ficidce, i. p. 139, pi. xxxiii. figs. 8-10 (1861) ; Sioidev. 



Consp. Av. Ficin. p. 28 (18U6) ; Gray, List Ficid. Brit. Mus. p. 43 



(1808) ; id. Hand-l.B.\i. p. 184, no. 8580 (1870). 

 Tripsurus auritus, Eyton, Ann. &,- Mag. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 229 (1845). 

 Yuiigipicus moluccensis, Bp. Consp. J'o/ucr. Zygod. p. 8 (1854) ; 



Hor.^f. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 675 (1856-58). 



