404 piciD^. 



h". Crest (only) red. 



«'". Forehead and crown with rather 



elongatedtriangular spots of white. «i/rrtHfws $ ad., p. 40(3. 

 b'" . Forehead and crown uniform 



black aurantius $ juv., p. 406. 



b' . Chin, throat, fore neck, and malar region 

 black spotted with white, the feathers 

 of the chin and throat having a basal 

 bar of white. 



c" . Top of the head and crest red j^^Mwrf/co///*- S ad., p. 408. 



d". Crest (only) red ; forehead and 

 crown black, ■uith rounded spots of 



white jMHcticollis $ ad., p. 408. 



B. Above entirely bright red. 



c'. Crown and cre.st red cri/thronotiis S i^d., p. 410. 



d'. Crest (only) red ; forehead and crown 



black, spotted with white erythronotus $ ad., p. 411. 



1. Brachypternus aurantius. 



Le Pic du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Briss. Oni. iv. p. 8, pi. vi. 



fig. 1, J (1700). 

 Le Pic verd de Bengal, ^/'/ss. Orn. iv. p. 14, § (1760) ; Dauberit. PL 



EhI. 695, § . 

 Picus aurantius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 174, S (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. 



i. p. 430 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. i. p. 237 (1790) ; Stejjh. Gen. 



Zool. ix. p. 195, S (1815) ; Bonn. S, Vieill. Enc. Meih. iii. p. 1305, 



6 (1823). 

 Picus bengaleusis, i/«>?. Syst. Nat. i. p. 175, 5 (1766); Gm. Syst. 



Nat.i. p. 433, 2 (1788) • Lat.'i. lnd. Orn. i. p. 235 (1790) ; Steph. 



Gen. Zool. ix. p. 185, pi. xxxv. $ (1815) ; Vieill. N. Did. d'Rist. 



Nat. xxvi. p. 97 (1818) ; id. <§- Bo7in. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1320, $ 



(1823) ; Vaknc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 174, ^ (1826) : Cuv. Beyne 



Aiiim. 1829, i. p. 450 ; Sundev. Sal/sk. Ph/sioyr. Tidskrift, p. 162 



(1837); id. Ami. ^- May. Nat. Hist. 1846, p. 309; id. Consjj. 



Ai: Picin. p. 81 (1866). 

 The Orange Woodpecker, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 585, no. 32 (1782). 

 Picus psarodes, Licht. Cat. Per. Ned. Heimb. p. 18, nos. 189, 190, J 



$ (1793). 

 Picus nuchalis, Jfayl. Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 94, (J $ (1827). 

 Picus chrvsonotus, Less. Traite, i. p. 220, 5 (1831) ; Bp. Comp. Gen, 



Av. i. p. 121 (1850). 

 Brachylophus hemipodius, Sivains. Classif. B. ii. p. 308, note 



(18.37). 

 Malacolophus juelanochrysos, Hodys. J. A. S. B. 1837, p. 109. 

 Brachylophus bengalensis, Jerd. Madr. Journ. 1840, p. 214. 

 Brachypternus aurantius, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 31 : Blyth, J. A. 



S. B. 184.5, p. 194; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 441 (1846); id. Cat. 



Mamm. i^-c. Nepal. 2}res. Hodys. 1846, p. 117; Blyth, Cat.B. Mm. 



As. Soc. p. 56 (1849) ; Reichenb. Seam. Picina;, p. 397, no. 922, 



pi. dcliii. fig. 4348, 2 (1854); Bj). Consp. Valuer. Zyyod. -p. 10, 



no. 178 (1854) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 654 



(1856-58) ; Philipps, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 100 ; Leiih-Aclams, op. cit. 



1858, p. 475, 1859, p. 174; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 229; Jerd. B. lnd. 



i. p. 295 (1862) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Nepal pres. Hodys. 186-3, 



p. 64, Ul.. 486 ; Cab, ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 169" (1863) ; 



