406 PICIDiE. 



toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-8, outer posterior 0-70,iuuer 

 anterior 0"6, inner posterior 0*28. 



Adult female. Differs from tlie adult male in having the forehead 

 and crown black, with small and rather elons;ated triangular spots 

 of white, the hinder feathers of tne crown having a median stripe. 

 Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-58, wing 5"73, tail 3-63, tarsus 

 0-96. 



Mah,jlcdging. Resembles the adult of the same sex in having 

 the crown and crest red, but differs in the chin, throat, and fore 

 neck being covered with drop-like spots of dull white on a dusky 

 black ground. 



Female, fledging. Differs from the male of the same age in 

 having the forehead and crown brownish black, the crest alone 

 being red. The uniform feathers of the forehead and crown are 

 replaced by others of a deep black with an apical triangular spot of 

 white, when the moult takes place. 



Hah. Northern and North-western Provinces of India, westward 

 extending from Cashmere into Khandeish, eastward through Bengal 

 and into Cachar. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. 



c. S ad. sk. 



d. ? ad.; e. S 

 imm. sk. 



/. (5 ad. sk. 



g,h. (S ad. ; i, k, 



I. 2 ad. sk. 

 711. c? ad. sk. 



n, 0. cJ ad. ; ^^ $ 



ad. sk. 

 g. cJ ad. sk. 



r, s. (S 2 ad. sk. 



t. c? ad. sk. 



u, V. c? juv. sk. 

 to, X. S ? ad. sk. 

 y. $ ad. sk. 

 a, a'. S ad. sk. 

 &', c'. S $ ad. sk. 

 d'. cj ad. sk. 

 e',f. S ?ad. sk. 

 ff'. 2 ad. sk. 

 /*'. (5 ad. ; i', k'. 



2 ad. sk. 

 I'. 2 ad. sk. 



m'. c? ad. sk. 



Dera Ghazi Klian, March 1872. 

 Meeauee, .Sindh, .Jan. 1855 (Dr. 



H. Gould). 

 Sbikarpur, 8indh {GriffitK). 



Shikarpur, Jan. 3, 1872 (A. 



0. H.). 

 Sukhur, Dec. 1871 {A. O. H.). 



Jhelum, Nov. 21, 1871 {A. 



O. H.). 

 Larkhana, Jan. 1872 {A. O. 



H.). 

 Jacobabad, Dec. 22, 1871 {A. 



O. H.). 

 Hyderabad, Jan. 1878 {E. A. 



'Butler). 

 N. Guzerat, Dec. 1877 {H. E. 



M. James). 

 Mount Aboo, May 22, 1868. 

 Meerut. 

 Delhi. 



Saharunpur, April. 

 Unibala, Feb., Oct. 

 Umbala, Feb. 25, 1874. 

 Umbala, Feb., March 27, 1874. 

 Gurhwal Bhabur, Jan. 3, 1870. 

 Dehra Dhoou. 



Siwalik Hills, Marcli 1867 



(Dr. Scott). 

 Kuuiaon (Strackei/). 



Hume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



India Museum. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



India Museum. 



