482 piciDiE. 



39. HEMICERCUS. „, 



Type. 



Ileniicircus, Sivains. Classif. B. ii. p. 30G (18.37) H. concretus. 



Mieropicos, Malh. Mem. Acad, llctz, 1848-49, p. 830. . H. concretus. 



Eanr/e. From Cachar in the north, through Bvirmah (locally) and 

 into Siam, Cambodia, and South Cochin China ; through the Ma- 

 layan Peninsula into Sumatra, Bangka, Java, and Borneo. To the 

 west appearing again in Southern India. 



Key to the Species. 



A. With the top of the head red or with a red 



crest. 

 «'. Forehead and crown red. 



a". Forehead and crown vermilion-red; 



occipital crest olive-grey sordidus (^ ad., p. 484. 



b". Forehead and crown, as well as entire 



crest, scarlet concretus cJ ad., p. 483. 



b' . Forehead and crown rufous buif. 



c". Occipital crest orange-red, varied and 



transversely spotted with dusky . . sordidus tj juv.,p. 484. 

 d" . Occipital crest uniform bright flame-red concretus cJ juv., p. 483. 



B. With no red on the head. 



c'. Forehead and crown of the same colour as 



the crest, and uniform or minutely spotted. 



„ TP 1 J J i 1- \ sordidus 9 ad., p. 484. 



e . Forehead, crown, and crest olive-grey, j .^^.^..^^/j jfp. 48.3. 



/". Top of the head, as well as the crest, 



black, the forehead and crown mi- I eanente ^ ad., p. 486. 



uutely speckled with white ( cordatus cJ ad., p. 488. 



d'. With a frontal patch of huffy white or 

 dingy buff. 

 y". Forehead and crown buffj' white, occi- \ eanente 2 ad., p. 487. 



pital crest black j cordatus 5 ad., p. 489. 



h" . Forehead and crown dingy buff, occi- ) eanente ]viy., p. 487. 

 pital crest black ] cordatus juv., p. 489. 



1. Hemicercus concretus. 



Picus concretus, Temm. PL Col. pi. xc. figs. 1, 2 (1824) ; StejjJi. Gen. 



Zool. xiv. p. 160 (1826); Wagl. (pt.) Syst. Av. Pious, sp. 70 



(1827) ; Less. Traite, i. p. 221 (1831) ; Simdev. Cotisj). Av. Pidn. 



p. 11, no 26 6 (1866). 

 Ilemicercus concretus, Swahis. Classif. B. ii. p. 306 (1837); Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 437 (184.5); Bj}. (pt.) Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 129 



(1850) ; id. Consp. Voliicr. Zygod. p. 9 (1854) ; Reichenh. Scans. 



Picince, p. 401, pi. dclvi. figs. 4361-63 (juv.) (1854); Blyth, Ibis, 



1866, p. 354; Cab. S,- Heine (pt.), Mus. Hein. iv. p. 178 (1863) ; 



Gratj (pt.), Hand-l.B. ii. p. 190, no. 8667 (1870) ; Gould, B. Asia, 



vi. pi. xix. figs. iS juv. and 5 f-d. (1876) ; Haryitt, Ibis, 1884, 



p, 250 ; Vorderm. List B. Java, no. 55 (1884). 

 Micropicos concretus, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, 



p. 331. 

 Micropicus concretus, Malh. Picidce, i. p. 187, pi. xli. fig. 1 c? juv., 



fig. 3 $ ad. (1861). 

 Micropicus hartlaubi, Malh. Picidce, i. p. 189, pi. xli. fig. 5 J ad., 



fig. 6 2 juv. (1861). 

 Hemicercus hartlaubi, Gotdd,B. Asia,yi.\)\..xx. figs, c? $ ad. (1876). 



