30. BEACHYPTERNUS. 403 



", h. (S acl. ; c, d. Fokieo, China. Gould Coll. 



2 ad. et juv. sk. 

 e. S ad. sk. FuugaD, China. Tweeddale Coll. 



5. Micropternus holroydi. 



Micro])ternus holroydi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 95 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 393 ; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 64 (1877) ; Haryitt, Ihis, 

 1885, p. 15. 



Picus holroydi, Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 159 (1876). 



Adult male. General colour brown or rufous brown, the upper 

 parts dark brown with narrow and almost obsolete lighter rufous 

 barring ; wings and their coverts barred with black, the shafts 

 reddish to dark brown ; tail and the coverts barred with black, the 

 bars on the former not exceeding six, and slightly narrower than 

 the rufous interspaces ; shafts reddish brown ; the feathers of the 

 head and neck dark brown with paler margins, those under and 

 behind the eye tipped with crimson ; the centres of the throat- 

 feathers unicolorous with the underparts ; the underparts almost 

 entirely uniform rufous brown, the thighs and the under tail-coverts 

 barred rufous and black : under wing-coverts with bar-like spots of 

 black, the axillaries striped with black : " irides ochreous white ; 

 bill deep bluish grey, with the greater part of the lower mandible 

 and edge of the upper mandible greenish yellow ; legs and claws 

 slate-colour tinged with green " (Swhihoe). Total length 7-5 

 inches, culmen 1, wing 4-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-8o ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0-65, outer posterior 0-62, inner anterior 0-47, 

 inner posterior 0"2. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the crimson spot 

 under the eye. Total length 7-5 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-75, 

 tail 2-45, tarsus 0-87. 



Hah. Lsland of Hainan. 



a. cJad. .sk. Hainan, Feb. 1868. Consul Swinhoe [C.]. 



b. S ad. sk. Hainan, Feb. 1868 {R. Sioiu- Tweeddale Coll. 



hoe). 



30. BEACHYPTERNUS. 



Type. 



Brachypternus, Strickl. Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1841, 

 p. 35 B. aurantius. 



Brachypternopicus, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 404 .... B. puncticollis. 



Brahmapicus, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 

 p. 334 B. aurantius. 



Range. Throughout India and Ceylon. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Above golden yellow or orange, sometimes 

 tinged with red. 

 a'. Chin, throat, fore neck, and malar 

 region black, striped with white. 



a". Top of the head and crest red aurantius S ad., p. 405. 



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