36. CHRVSOCOLAPTES, 445 



yellowish buff", entirely varied 

 with black striations; the 

 rufous-bufFmalar region with- 

 out any black median line ; 

 top of the head and the crest 

 blackish brown, washed with 

 red, the feathers having a 

 triangular apical spot of ru- 

 fescent bufl' rufopimctatus 9 ad., p. 457. 



B. Fore neck and chest (only) varied 



with black ; the remaining under- 



parts uniform yellow ; upper parts, 



scapulars, wing-coverts, and outer 



webs of secondaries deep red. 

 d\ Top of the head and the crest red. xanthocephalm ^ ad., p. 457 

 e . Top of the head and the crest yel- 



low, like the face xanthocephalus 9 ad., p. 458 



C. Fore neck and chest, as well as the 



underparts, uniform, red in the male 

 and dusky brown in the female ; 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, and quills 

 blackish brown (the latter barred 

 with rufous), contrasting with the 

 back. 



f. Top of the head and the occiput 



red ; lower part of the back and 

 the rump varying from bright red 

 , to orange validus <S ad., p. 459. 



g . Top of the head and the occiput 



blackish brown ; entire back and 



rump white validus $ ad., p. 459. 



1. Chrysocolaptes festivus. 



Pic yerd de Goa, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 22 (1780) ; Dauhent. 



PI. E7il. G96, (S ■ r \ / ! 



Goa Woodpecker, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 582 (1782). 

 Picus festivus, Bodd. Tabl. PL EiiL. p. 43, no. 696 (1783) : Sundeo. 



Consp. Av. Piciji. p. 80 (1866). 

 Picus goensis, Gvi. Syst. Nat. i. p. 434 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i 



p. 235 (1790) ; Stepk. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 187, pi. 35'*, cS (1815); 



Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 98, ^ (1818) ; id. i^- Bonn. 



Bnc Meth. ui. p. 1321, c? (182.3) ; Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. 



p. 174 (1826) ; Drop. Diet. Class, xiii. p. 499 (1828). 

 Picus humeralis, Wagl. Syst. A v. Picus, sp. 93 (1827). 

 Dendrocopus elliotti, Jerd. Madr. Journ. 1840, p. 212 9 . 

 Brachypternus goensis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 31. ' 

 Picus (Chrysocolaptes) melanotus, Btyfh, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 1005. 

 Chrysocolaptes goensis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 436 (1845) ; B/yth, Cat 



B. Mus. As. Soe. p. 55 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p 121 



(1850) ; id. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 10, no. 173 (1854) ; Reichenb. 



Scans. Picina, p. 400, no. 931, pi. dclv. fig. 4359, S (1854) ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. 1. p. 282 (1862). 

 ludopicus goensis, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz 1848-49 



p. 343 ; id. Picidce, ii. p. 82, pi. Ixvi. figs. 1, 2, c? $ (1862). 

 Chrysocolaptes festivus, Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. xxi (1849) ; Cab 



