408 PICIBiE. 



List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 95 (1868) ; id. Hand-I. B. n. p. 196, 



no. 8740 (1870) ; Fairb. Sir. F. 187G, pp. 255, 265. 

 Brahmapicus piincticoUi, Malh. Ficidce, ii. p. 92, pi. Ixx. figs'. 1 d , 



2 2 (18G2). 

 Picus chrysonotus, Sitndev. Consp. Ar. Picin. p. 81 (1866). 

 Picus puiicticollis, Sunder. Consp. Ai\ Picin. p. 82 (1866). 

 Brachy|)tenuis puncticollis, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 95 



(1868) ; id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 196, no. 8746 (1870) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 428; Hinno, Str. F. 1876, p. 457; Fairh. op. cit. 1877, 



p. 896; Hume, op. cit. 1879, p. 88, no. 181 ; Ler/ffc, B. Ceyhn, 



p. 205, S 6 figcl- (1880): Vidnl, Str. F. 1880, p.' 5:3; Butl. t. c. 



p. 386 ; id. Cut. B. S. Bomb. Prcsid. no. 181 (1880) : W. Davison, 



Str. F. X. p. 356 (1883). 

 Brachypternus intermedins *, if^i/^', <Sy;-. F. 1876, p. 242; White, 



op. cit. 1877, p. 201 : Parker, ojj. cit. 1880, p. 479 : id. H,is, 1886, 



p. 184. 



Adidt male, llescmbles B. aurantiiis, but maybe distinguished by 

 having the malar region, chin, throat, fore neck, and chest spotted, in- 

 stead of striped, the feathers of the chin and throat having, in addi- 

 tion to the apical triangular white spot, a basal white bar, the two not 

 being connected by a white shaft-stripe ; the auricular stripe which 

 runs on to the nape is blacker and more marked, and the feathers 

 of the rump are margined at the tip with dull olive-golden : " iris 

 red ; bill blackish, or very dark plumbeous, edges of upper mandible 

 paler ; legs and feet dull sap-greenish, claws blackish leaden '' 

 {W. V. Legge). Total length 11 inches, culmeu 1-62, wing 5-8, 

 tail 3-35, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-8, outer 

 posterior 0*72, inner anterior 0-6, inner posterior 0"18. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the feathers 

 of the forehead and crown black, with an apical rounded spot of 

 white. Total length 11 inches, culmcn l-fi2, wing 5-82, tail 3"45, 

 tarsus 1'02. 



Younq mule. Differs from the adult male in having the forehead 

 and crown black, the base of the forehead with a few specks of 

 brownish white, the occipital crest (only) scarlet ; the chin and 

 throat want the transverse white markings, and, together with the 

 fore neck, have more or less ronnded spots of dull white ; the 

 feathers of the underparts entirely margined with dusky black. 

 The feathers of the forehead and crown next assume their red tips. 



Young female. Kesembles the young male, but has the forehead 

 and crowu rather browner, and the forehead more distinctly spotted 

 with white. In the next stage, the sinciput becomes deep black and 

 the feathers have a white apical spot. 



Hah. Southern portion of India, in the west extending up to 

 Khandeish. Northern part of Ceylon, south to Trincomalie, and 

 west into Eamisserum Island. 



* The reddish-backed Ceylonese forest form, but which, in my opinion, 

 cannot be separated either from the yellow-backed Ceylonese bird or from 

 B. punctieollis of Southern India. It seems to be the connecting-link between 

 B. cryfhronotus and the species from Southern India. 



