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28. MIGLYPTES. 



Meiglyptes, Swaim. Vlaxsif. B. ii. p. aOO ( I8;i7) M teis'tis 



btug-nopicus, Malh. Introd. Monogr. Picid. p. liii (18G1) . . M. tristis. 



Head of Miglyptes tristis. 



Range. Eurmah, Siam, and Cochin China, and through the Malayan 

 Peninsula into the islands of Sumatra, Nias, Java, and Borneo. 



Key to the Species. 

 A. Upper back barred. 



a'. Lower back and rump bufty -white. 

 a". Centre of breast and abdomen uni- 

 form bhxck. 



«'". With red malar stripe tristis f{ , p. 385. 



h'". Makar region barred like the chin 



and throat , tristis $ , p. 385. 



b . Breast and abdomen barred with 

 bufty white. 



e'". With red malar stripe grammithorax c? , p. 386 



d . Malar region barred like tlie chin 



and throat grammithora.v 9 , p. 386. 



. Lower back and rump barred like the 

 upper back, 

 c". Head dusky brown or olivaceous 

 dusky. 



e". With red malar stripe tiikki S , p. 389. 



/". Malar region barred like the chin 



j„ TT 5"? *^"'°'''* *^^^^ 2 , P- 389. 



a . Head brownish black ; malar region 



^ „ ,. uniform brown . infuscatus (^ on label), 



J), iintire back umiomi black ; rump creamy Pp. 390. 



white; breast and abdomen uniform 



black. 



c'. Feathers of the malar region tipped 



with red ...... . jngidavis S, p. 391. 



d . Malar region devoid of red juyularis $ , p. 391. 



1. Miglyptes tristis. 



Picus tristis, Horsf. Trajis. Linn. 80c. xiii. p. 177 (I82:i) • Giehd 

 (pt.), Thes. Orn. iii. p. 183 (ISIQ). ^ J ' 



Picus poicilolophus, Tetnm. PL Col. iv. pl. cxcvii. fi"-. l (1823) 

 Waaler (pt.),St/st.Av.Ficu!i,s^.Q8 (1827), 



