330 riciD.T.. 



([ . c? ad. sk. Khandeish, Dec. 14, 1879 Hume Coll. 



{J. Davidson), 



r. S ad. sk. Godaveri Valley, April 18, A^^ T. Blauford, Esq. 



1871. [P.]. 



14. lyngipicus gymnophtlialmus. 



Little Brown Woodpecker, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 109 (1787). 

 Piciis iiiolucceusis, var. (i, Lath. Lnd. Oni. i. p. :^-!4 (1790). 

 Pious miuor, Tar. y, Lath. lnd. Orn. i. p. 230 (1790). 

 Pious gvmuoplithalmos, Bli/th, J. A. S. Ben;/, xviii. p. 804 (1849) ; 



id. Cat. B. Mu.<i. As. ISoc. p. 64 (1849) ; Lai/ard, Ann. ^- Mar/. Nat. 



Hist. xiii. p. 448 (1854) ; Beichenb. S'cnny. Bicincp, p. o73 (1854) ; 



Gnii/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 184, no. 8578 (1870). 

 Yunaipicus gviunophthalmos, Kelanrt, Prodr. Cat. p. 128 (1852) ; 



J'm/. B. lnd. i. p. 279 (1802) ; Holdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 427 ; 



Ler/f/e, Str. F. 1873, p. 433 ; id. Bns, 1874, p. 15 ; id. Str. F. 1875, 



p. 305 ; Bourd. op. cit. 1876, p. 389, pt. ; Legge, Birds of Ceylon, 



p. 186 (1879). 

 Yungipious gymnophthalnius, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. p. 8 (1854); 



Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 8 ; Parker, IIAs, 1886, p. 183. 

 Picus nanus, Malh. (non Vigors), Picidce, i. p. 145, pi. xxxiii. figs. 1-3 



(1801), pt. 

 Picus gyuiuoplithalmus, Malh. Picidce, i. p. 153 (1801); Sundev, 



Consp. Av. Picin. p. 298 (1860) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 



p. 42 (1868). 

 Bseopipo gymnoplitlialma. Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. Tb. iv. p. 59 



(1803). 

 lyngipicus gymnophtlialmus, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 47 ; Gould, B. 



Asia, vi. pi. xxxii., c? $ (1883). 



Adult male. Back and scapulars barred brownish black and white; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts white, the feathers more or less mar- 

 gined with black, the rump transversely vai'ied, and the coverts with 

 a broad stripe-like spot of black ; wings and their coverts brownish 

 black, the median and the greater coverts as well as both webs of 

 the quills spotted with white ; shafts of the latter dark brown ; 

 tail blackish brown, spotted with white upon both webs ; shafts 

 black, with brown bases ; nasal plumes brown ; top of the head 

 very dark brown, the occiput, nape, and hind neck nearly black ; 

 upon the side of the occiput a scarlet stripe ; lores, sides of the face 

 and neck, chin and throat white, the ear-coverts dark brown with 

 a broad stripe behind, the malar region only slightly dusky ; entire 

 under surface of the body and under tail-coverts buffy white, 

 the body-feathers nearly uniform, with almost obsolete brown 

 striations, the under tail-coverts more distinctly striped with brown ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the former having a few 

 dusky brown spots. Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 53, wing 

 2'8o, tail 1"3, tarsi;s 0-.52 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0-4, outer posterior 0-47, inner anterior 0-28, inner posterior 0'22. 



Adult female, llesembles the adult of the opposite sex, but wants 

 the scarlet stripe on the side ef the occiput: "iris white; bill 

 brownish green ; legs and feet greenish plumbeous " ( W. V. Lei/<je). 



