376 DICJEIDiE. 



b. Upper plumage without any red in it. 

 e' . Lower tail-coverts of a different 

 colour to the abdomen ; lower 



plumage streaked D. chrysorrhccum 3 $ > 



/'. Lower tail-coverts of the same [p. 8. 



colour as the abdomen; lower 

 plumage unstreaked. 

 a". A patch of red on the breast .... D. icjnipectus tf , p. 378. 

 b". No red on the breast. 



«"'. Bill black or of a dark colour. 

 « 4 . Lower plumage of one 

 uniform colour. 

 a 5 . Rump yellowish green con- 

 trasting with the green of 



the back D. iynipeclus $ , p. 378. 



If. Rump of the same colour 

 as the back. 

 a 6 . Forehead and lores 



conspicuously whitish. . D. concolor S $ > p- 379. 

 W\ Forehead and lores of a 



dark colour D. oliwceum tf $ , p. 380. 



b 4 . Lower plumage not uniform ; 

 throat and breast whitish, 



abdomen dull yellow D. virescens J 1 $ , p. 380. 



V". Bill yellow D. erythrorhynchus S $ , 



[p. 381. 



912. Dicseum cruentatum. The Scarlet-backed Floiver-pecker. 



Certhia cruentata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 187 (1766). 



Certhia coccinea, Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insub. ii, p. 91 (1786). 



Dicasum cruentatum (L.), JJh/t/i, Cat. p. 226 ; Hume, N. fy E. p. 155 ; 

 Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, p. 192; Anders. Yunnan Fxped,, Aves, 

 p. 063 ; Oates, 8. F. vii, p. 46 ; Hume, Cat. no. 236 ; Oates, B. B. i, 

 p. 332 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, p. 15 ; Hume, S. F. x\, p. 83 ; Oates 

 in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 270. 



Dicnsum coccineum (Seem.), Horsf. ty 31. Cat. ii, p. 747 ; Jerd. B. 1. i, 

 p. 373. 



Fig. 104. — Head of D. cruentatum. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, crown, nape, back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts rich crimson ; lores, sides of the head and neck, 

 tail, wings, and wing-coverts black; lower plumage pale buff, the 

 sides of the breast black, and the sides of the body ashy brown ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white. 



Female. Head, nape, and back olive-green, the centres of the 

 feathers of the crown darker, and the nape with a golden yellow 

 tinge ; rump and upper tail-coverts red ; tail black ; the whole 

 lower plumage ashy buff, darker on the sides of the neck and body ; 



