SCANSORES. 



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In typical Picus this distance at the nostrils is more than half the 

 width of tlie bill ; in Drtjocopm and Thriporiax about a third ; whilst 

 in Gecinus it is less than a third. 



133. PICUS NOGUCHII. 

 (FRYER'S WOODPECKER.) 



Picus noguchiif Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 178. 



Pryer's Woodpecker is medium sized (wing from carpal joint 

 5| inches). It is black above and reddish brown below^ and it has 

 a few white spots on the primaries. 



Figures : Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, pi. 7. 



Picus nogiichii. 



Prycr's Woodpecker is only known from a single example 

 obtained by Mr. Pryer's collectors on the largest island of the central 

 group of the Loo-Choo Islands. It has a longer first primary than 

 is usual in Picus, and the nostrils are also less concealed; but 

 possibly both these characters may be affected by its extreme youth. 



