4-iS riciD^. 



coverts blackish brown, some being slightly margined with dull 

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

 occiput crimson, the bases of the feathers sootj' black, those of the 

 crown having a central speck of white, the occipital feathers having 

 a larger spot of white ; upper nasal plumes and upper half of lores 

 dark brown ; the lower nasal plumes, lower half of loral region, 

 sides of the face and neck, throat and chest pale golden buff or 

 buffj' white, becoming dull white on the underparts and under tail- 

 coverts : behind the eye a broad black stripe runs backwards down 

 the side of the neck, becoming slightly olive posteriorly ; the malar 

 region is partly encircled by black, and there is a narrow black 

 median stripe on the cnin and throat ; the feathers of the foi'e neck, 

 side of the neck (outside the black stripe), and chest margined with 

 black, the remainder of the underparts and the under tail-coverts 

 transversely varied aud barred with black, the tips of the body- 

 feathers being occasionally black ; under wing-coverts white, mar- 

 gined with dusky black, the edge of the wing olive. Total length 

 10 iuchcs, culmeu 1"72, wing 5-55, tail 2-6, tarsus 1'15 ; toes (with- 

 out claws) — outer anterior 0-82, outer p'osterior 0-95, inner anterior 

 0-68, inner posterior 0'43. 



Adult female. Has the forehead, crown, occiput, and nape golden 

 yellow, with a slight ochreous or buff tinge, the bases of the feathers 

 being black. In other respects it resembles the adult male. Total 

 length 10-7 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 5'6, tail 3-1, tarsus 1-1. 



Immature female. Differs from the adult of the same sex in being 

 less golden above, and in having the forehead and crown spotted 

 with golden white ; the ground of the face and throat is whiter ; 

 the fore neck and chest blacker, the white on the feathers appearing 

 as a central spot ; the ground of the underparts whiter ; the tips 

 of the feathers of the rump of a washed-out red. 



Huh. Confined to the island of Java. 



a, 6. c? 2 ad. sk. Java (Horsjield). India Museum. (Types 



of species.) 



c. (5' ad. sk. Java (Horsjield). India Museum. 



d, e. (S 2 f'd- sk. E. Java. Wallace Coll. 

 /. (5" ad. ; (/. $ juv. E. Java {A. E. Wul- Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. lace). 



h. Skeleton. Java. Purchased. 



3. Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus. 



Picus guttacristatus, Tich. J. A. S. B. 183.3, p. 578, ? . 



Picus sultaueus, Hodi/s. J. A. S. B. 1837, p. 105 ; Blyth, op. cit. 



1842, p. 105; Hodr/'s. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 85. 

 Picus strenuus, Gould, teste M'Clell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 165. 

 Picus strictus {-non Horsf.), Jerd. 3Iadr. Jouni. 1840, p. 210 ; Bli/th, 



J.A.S. B. 1842, p. 970. 

 Picus (Chrysocolaptes) strictus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 191. 

 Chrysocolaptes sultaneus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 4-36 (1845) ; id. Cat. 



Mamm. ^-c. Nepal pres. Ifodys. 1846, p. 116; Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. 



As. Soc. p. 55 (1849) ; Bj). Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 121 (1850) ; id. 



Cons]}. Valuer. Zyyvd. p. 10, no. 171 (1854) ; Reichenb. Scans. 



