520 PICID.I:. 



Adult male. Forehead, crown, and middle of occiput crimson, this 

 colour tapering to a point upon the latter part, the bases of the 

 leathers dusky black ; the remainder of the plumage black, more 

 intense and glossy on the sides of the head; shafts of primaries 

 dusky brown, those of the secondaries blacker ; shafts of tail-feathers 

 black, with grey bases ; tarsus clothed in front for about two-tliirds 

 of its length with dusky black feathers. 'J.'otal length 17 inches, 

 culmen 2-45, wing 9, tail G, tarsus 1*4 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0-85, outer posterior 0-85, inner anterior U"67, inner 

 posterior 0*47. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the red on 

 the head confined to the occiput, and forming a triangular patch 

 tapering to a point as it approaches the nape. Total length 17 

 inches, culmen 2-35, wing 9-4, tail 6-8, tarsus 1-43. 



Young mcde. General colour dusky, the new feathers appearing 

 (on the back particularly) being black, as are likewise the nasal 

 plumes ; the feathers i]i the middle of the upper part of the forehead, 

 crown, and occiput tipped with scarlet more or less brilliant ; the 

 bases of the feathers of the forehead being paler and browner than 

 the supcrcilium, and at the base of the forehead there are a few 

 new crimson-tipped feathers with black bases : " iris yellow ; feet 

 dusky " {Dr. H. M. James). 



Hah. Palajarctic Region between about 38° and 60° N. lat., 

 ranging east into Kamtschatka, and into the island of Yezo, 

 Japan *. 



a,h. J 2 ad. st. Europe. Purchased. 



c. S ad. sk. Europe. Purchased. 



d. S ad. st. Northern Europe. Purchased. 



e,f. (S 2 ad. sk. South Norway. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ff. cJ ad. sk. Sweden, Dec. (H. Wheelwright). Tweeddale Coll. 



h, i. (S $ ad. sk. Wermland, Feb., April. Mr. Meves [C.]. 



h. (S ad. sk. Wermland {Meves). Tweeddale Coll. 



I, m. S 2 ad. sk.. Switzerland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Turkey, Jan. {T. Eobson). Shelley Coll. 



0. S ad. sk. Ismiett, Asia Minor, March {T. Tweeddale Coll. 



Itobso7i). 



p. S jnv. sk. South Manchuria, July. Dr. James [P.]. 



^. 2 ad. sk. South Yezo, Japan "(T. W. Tweeddale Coll. 



Blakistoii). 



r. dad. sk. Hakodadi, April ( r. TF. J5faA-- Tweeddale Coll. 



iston). 



s. Skeleton. Old CoU. 



t. Sternum. Lapland. Purchased. 



* Mr. Hume (Str. F. 1873, p. 91) mentions the occurrence, in the hills divid- 

 ing Sind from Khelat, of a huge black Woodpecker, with a crimsoa head, and 

 thinks it will most probably prove to be P. martins. If so, it will considerably 

 extend the known range of this species. 



