31. TiGA. 4i: 



2. Tiga shorii. 



Picus shorii, Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 175 ; Gould, Cent. B. Himal. 

 Mts. pi. 49, S (1832); Simdev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 83 (1806). 



Bracbjpternus shorii, Hodqs. in Grai/\s Zool. Mixc. 1844, p. 85. 



Tiga shorii, Bhjth, J. A.'S. B. 184o, p. 19.3, 1846, p. 282; Gray, 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 441 (1846) ; id. Cat. Mamm. 8fc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. 

 1846, p. 117; Blytk, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 56(1849); Bp. 

 Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 120, cj (1850) ; id. Consp. Tolucr. Zyc/od. 

 p. 10, no. 181 (1854); Beichenb. Scans. Picinee, p. 396, no. 918 

 pi. dclii. fig. 4-345, cJ (1854) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 6(C. Nepal pres. 

 Hodgs. 1863, p. 63, no. 484 ; id. List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 98 

 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 190, no. 8754 (1870) ; Hume 8; Oates, 

 Sfr. F. 1875, p. 73 ; Hume, op. cit. 1877, p. 497 ; Ball, op. cit. 

 vii. p. 206 (1878) ; Hume, op. cit. 1879, p. 88, no. 183; W. Davi- 

 son, op. cit. X. p. 357 (1883). 



Chloropicoides shorii, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 

 p. 347 ; id. Picidce, ii. p. 101, pi. Ixxi. figs. Id", 2$ (^1802). 



Brachypternus striaticeps, Beichenb. Scatis. Picitue, p. 398, no. 925 

 pl. dcliii. fig. 4351, 5 (1854) 



Chrvsouotu? shorei, Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. JE.I. Co. ii. p. 658 

 (i8o6-.58) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 298 (1862) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. 

 Hein. iv. p. 172 (1863). 



Tiga javanensis (pt.), Oates, B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 55 (1883). 



Adult male. Eesembles Tiga javanensis, but differs in having two 

 rows of black spots down the throat and fore neck, the space between 

 being drab, as is also the malar region ; the red on the head more of 

 a scai'let, and the bases of the feathers pale umber-brown, with a 

 whitish spot ; the rump more scarlet ; the underparts very much less 

 varied with black : the dimensions are also greater. Total length 

 ll-;3 inches, culmen l-o, wing 6, tail 3'S. tarsus 1'02 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0-85, inner anterior 0-65, posterior 0"72. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red on 

 the top of the head, the forehead being brown ; the crown, occiput, 

 and nape black striped with white, the stripes on the forehead 

 short and brownish. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1"42, wing 6'25, 

 tail 3'S5, tarsus 1. 



Young. The male differs from the adult of the same sex in having 

 no red on the feathers of the forehead, these being dusky umber- 

 brown with a white central stripe ; the tips of the feathers of the 

 back and of the scapulars and wing-coverts washed with red ; the 

 malar region of the same colour as the forehead, and similarly 

 striped, as well as broadly bordered with black above ; the chin, 

 the stripes down each side of the throat, and the two across the 

 face white, without any buft' tinge ; underparts whiter and the 

 margins of the feathers less black, the thighs being faintly barred ; 

 the female has the crown and occiput black striped with white ; the 

 forehead browner, with stripe-like spots of dull white. 



JIab. Xepal and west to Kaladoongi, Dhoon, east into Sikhim and 

 Bhotan. In Eastern India it has been recorded from Gumsur, and 

 in the south from Nedivuttum, Nilgbiris ; but I have no record 



VOL. XVIII. 2 E 



