442 piciD^. 



coverts almost entirel}' yellow, and the secondaries of a more sandy 

 rufous. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 5-4, tail 3-2, 

 tarsus 0-98 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-85, outer pos- 

 terior 0-78, inner anterior 0-6, inner posterior 0"32. 



Adult female. Wants the red malar stripe, but is otherwise like 

 the adult male. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1, wing 5-15, 

 tail 3"1, tarsus 0-95. 



J/ab. Venezuela and Trinidad. 



(I. 5 ad. sk. VeTiezuela. 

 b. cJ ad. sk. N. Andalucia, Venezuela, March 

 (A. Qoeri7ig). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



36. CHRYSOCOLAPTES. 



Type. 

 C. strictus. 

 C. guttacristatua. 



Chrysocolaptes, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 1004 . 

 Indopicus, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 342 

 Reinwardtipiciis, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 7, 



no. 14 (1854) C. validus 



Xylolepes, Cab.Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 108 (18G3). C. validus. 



Head of Chrysocolaptes stricius. 



Hange. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Assnm, Cachar, the 

 Burmese Provinces, into Siam and Lower Cochin China ; south 

 through the Malayan Peninsula into Sumatra, Java, and liorneo ; 

 also occurrii:g in many of the Philippine Islands. 



