31. TIGA. 413 



(1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 196, no. 8753 (1870) : Kume, 8tr. 



F. 1879, p. 88, no. 185. 

 Chrysonotua iutermedius, Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. 



p. 657 (1856-58) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 456 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. 



p. 299 (1862) ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 172 (1863) ; Bea- 



van, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 4 ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 415 : Hume &• Oates, 



«r. i^. 1875, p. 74. 

 Chloropicoides intermedia, Malk. Picidce, ii. p. 99 (1862). 

 Cliiysonotus mbropygialis, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 299 (1862) ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1876, p. 390. 

 Chloropicoides rubropygialis, Alalh. Picidce, ii. p. 100, pi. Ixx. fig. 5, 



juv. (1862). 

 Chi-Ysonotus javanensis. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 172 (1863); 



Mull. Dm. Lis. Salanr/a, p. 64 (1882). 

 Chrysonotus erythropygius, Cab. &• Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. i). 173 



(186.3). 

 Pious javanensis, var. B, Siindev. Consj). Av. Picin. p. 83 (18G6). 

 Picus javanensis, var. C, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 83 (1866). 

 Tiga javanensis, Grai/, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 97 (1868) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 196, no. 8751 C1870) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 54 



(1874) ; Blyth S,- Wald. B. Burm. p. 75 (1875) ; Hume ^-Davison, 



Binf/h. op. cit. 1880, p. 164; Tiveedd. Mem. ed. W.-Eamsay, 

 p. 479 (1881) ; Kelh. Ibis, 1881, p. 388 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 792 ; Oates, Str. F. x. 1882, p. 192 ; Davisoti, t. c. p. 357 (1883); 

 Oates, B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 65 (1883) ; Vord. Over. Nat. Tijds. 

 Nederl. Lid. xliv. p. 191 (1884) : Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 405 j 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova. 1887, p. 518. 

 Tiga rufa, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 289 (1870). 



AduU male. Upper and middle back and scapulars deep golden 

 or orange ; lower back and rump crimson ; upper tail-coverts 

 brownish black ; wing-coverts olive-golden with brighter margins ; 

 quills blackj the outer webs of the secondaries olive-golden, the 

 inner feathers almost entirely of this colour, the tips of the pri- 

 maries brownish white ; inner webs of quills spotted with white ; 

 shafts black ; tail-feathers and the shafts black ; forehead, crown, 

 and occipital crest crimson, the feathers having dusky blackish 

 bases ; hind neck black ; sides of the face and neck, and from the 

 chin to the under tail-coverts, both inclusive, huffy white or slightly 

 rufescent ; a broad black stripe runs from behind the eye to the 

 hind neck, the malar region is encircled by black, and a stripe runs 

 from behind and borders the throat and fore neck, down. the 

 middle of which is a row of black stripe-like spots ; the chest- 

 feathers very broadly margined with black, those of the breast and 

 abdomen tipped and partially margined with black, the thighs and 

 under tail-coverts barred with the same ; under wiug-eoverts 

 brownish black spotted with buffy white, the axiUaries barred 

 huffy white and black. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-3, 

 wing 5'IS, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-9 ; toes (without claws)— outer ante- 

 rior 0*72, inner anterior 0'o2, posterior 0-65. 



