488 



u' . S ad. sk. 

 v'. 5 fid. sk. 

 «(7'. 5 fid. sk. 

 •r'. 5 jiiv. sk. 



y'-z', a" . c? ad. ; 



b"-e". $ ad.;/"- 



juv. sk. 

 ()". (S juv. sk. 



h", t". 2 ad. ; k", 

 I", m". (S ad. et 

 imm. sk. 



n". Juv. sk. 



o". Skeleton. 



Mergui, Jan. 7,1879 (W. Davi- 

 son). 



Zadawoon, Mergui Islands, Nov. 

 21, 1874 ( IF. Davison). 



Tenasserim Town, Nov. 25, 1874 

 (W. Davison). 



Laynah, May 17, 1875 ( W. Davi- 

 son). 



Tavoy, March, April, 1878 (W. 

 Davison). 



Pakchan, Jan. 22, 1875 (W. 



Daviso7i). 

 Bankasoon, Dec, April ( IP. Davi- 



S07l). 



Mts. of Luang, Siam, Aug. 1868. 

 [Java.] 

 Subsp. o. Hemicercus cordatus. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Mons. E. Pierre 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 



Hemicercus cordatus, Jcrd. Madr. Jouni. xi. p. 211 (1840); Gray, 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 4.37 (1845) ; Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. pi. xl. (1847) ; Bp. 

 Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 129 (1850) ; Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 401, 

 pi. dclvi. figs. 4368-4.369, S 2 ad. (1854) ; Cab. l^ Heine, Mus. 

 Hein. iv. p. 175(1863); Blyth, Ibis, 1866, pp. 249, 254; Gray, 

 List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 71 (1868); id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 191, 

 no. 8669 (1870) ; B/yth, Ibis, 1870, p. 169; Hume, Str. F. 1876, 

 p. 389; Gould, B. Asia, vi. pi. xviii. figs. S ? ad. (1876) ; David- 

 son (^ Wenden, Str. F. 1878, vii. p. 95 ; Butler, op. cit. 1880, p. 385 ; 

 Davison, op. cit. x. p. 354 (1883) ; Haryitt, Ibis, 1884, p. 257. 



Hemicercus canente (pt.), Horsf. Sj- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. 

 p. 650 (1856-58). 



Micro picus canente (pt.), Malh. Picidce, i. p. 190, pi. xhi. figs. 1, 2 

 (1861). 



Hemicercus canente [non Less.), Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 280 (1862) ; Salv. 

 Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 401 (1882). 



Picus canente, var. occidentalis, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 11 

 (1866). 



Picus cordatus, Giehel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 151 (1876). 



Hemicirens canente (? lapsu), Butler, Str. F. 1877, p. 503. 



Adult male. Although so closely allied to H. catwnte as to render 

 a detailed description unnecessary, still the conspicuously smaller 

 size of the present subspecies precludes the possibility of mistaking 

 one bird for the other, and this, together with the isolated geographical 

 position of //. cordatus, is sufficient to warrant a separation of the 

 Indian from the Burmese bird. The measurements of the toes 

 are nearly the same in both, but in //. cordatus they are much more 

 slender, H. canente having the tarsi and toes very stout: "bill 

 black ; legs and feet blackish, tinged with plumbeous ; irides deep 

 brown " ( W. Davison). Total length 5'7 inches, culmen 0-85, 

 wing 3-7, tail 1*35, tarsus 0"7; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0'63, outer posterior 0*72, inner anterior 0-45, inner pos- 

 terior 0-32. 



