28. MIGLTPTES. 385 



Meiglyptes poiciloplius, S^mim. Classif. B. ii. p. 309 (1837). 



Meiglyptes tristis, Gray, List Gen. 1840, p. 55 ; id. Gen. B. ii. p. 447 

 (]84(j); Bhjth (pt.) Cat. B. Mus. As. Sue. 1849, p. 60; Bp. (pt.) 

 Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 112 (1850); id. Consj). Volitcr. Zyyod. p. 9 

 (1854) ; Reichenb. (])t.) Scans. Picince, p. 402, pi. dclvii. figs. 4370- 

 4371 (1854) ; Horsf. ^ Moore (pt.), Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. 

 p. 668 (1856-58) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 123 (1868); 

 id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 203, no. 8838 (1870); Mcholson, Ibis, 

 1879, p. 164 ; id, op. cit. 1881, p. 141 ; Vorderm. List B. Java, 

 no. 64 (1884). 



Phaiopicos tristis, Malh, N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 

 p. 338. 



Phaiopicus tristis, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 10, pi. xlviii.figs. 1, 2 (1862). 



Picus tristis, var. a, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 91 (1860). 



Miglyptes tristis, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 497 (note) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 

 1884, p. 189. 



Adult male. Upper and middle back, scapulars, and wing-coverts 

 black, narrowly barred with bufFy white ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts black, spotted with biiffy white ; quills black, spotted with 

 bufFy white upon both webs, the innermost being barred with the 

 same across both webs ; shafts black ; lower back and rump bufiy 

 white, the former with a few dusky cross-markings ; upper tail- 

 coverts black, narrowly barred with buffy white ; tail black, with 

 bufFy white spots upon both webs, shafts black ; lores, entire head 

 and crest, sides of the neck, chin, and throat black, finely vermicu- 

 lated with bufiy white ; a small red malar patch : under surface of 

 the body black, the sides of the bodj-, flanks, and thighs barred with 

 buffy white ; under tail-coverts black, narrowly barred with buffy 

 white; under wing-coverts and axillaries buffy white. Total length 

 6 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3"7, tail 1'95, tarsus 0"7 ; toes (with- 

 out claws)^outer anterior 0"6, outer posterior 0'55, inner anterior 

 0"4, inner posterior 0-28. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male, but wants the red malar 

 patch. Total length 5*8 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3"6, tail 1'7, 

 tarsus 0'65. 



Hah. Confined to the Island of Java. 



a. 5 imm. sk. Java (Hors/ield). India Museum. (Tyjie 



of spocies.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Java {Horsfield). India IMuseum. 

 c,d.S2 ad. sk. W. Java. F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 

 e. Skull. Java. Purchased. 



2. Miglyptes grammithorax. 



Picus poicilolophus (mm Temvi.), Le.<s. Traite, i. p. 221 (1831). 



Ileniicircus tristis, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 106. 



Meiglyptes tristis (pt.), Bh/f/i, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 00 (1849) ; 



Bp. Consp. Gen. A v. i. p. 112 (1850); id. Consp. T'olua: Zyyod. 



p. 9 (1854) ; Beickenb. Scans. Picince, p. 402, pi. dclvii, figs. 4370- 



4371 (1854). 

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