198 On the Woodpeckers of the Genus Miglyptes. 



yellowish or buffy white^ the remainder having narrow ver- 

 micular transverse markings of huffy white ; a small dull red 

 cheek-patch; occipital crest blacky with slight traces of the 

 vermicular light markings w hicli cover the head ; chin and 

 throat blacky spotted with buffy white ; upper portion of the 

 side of the neck black, the remainder buffy white, this colour 

 spreading across the hind neck and forming a broad collar, 

 then running in a broad stripe down the side of the chest ; 

 entire underparts black ; sides of the body and flanks buffy 

 white, varied with black ; thighs buffy white, barred with 

 black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries uniform buffy 

 white ; " bill and claws black ; legs and feet dirty dull green ; 

 irides dark brown -"^ (J. Darling). Total length 6*5 inches, 

 culmen 0'93, wing 4'05, tail 1*8, tarsus 0*8; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0*55, outer posterior 0"55, inner an- 

 terior 0"35, inner posterior 0'28. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but is slightly browner 

 and without the red cheek-patch ; " bill black ; irides 

 dark brown ; legs and feet green ; claws horny " {Bing- 

 ham). Total length 6*5 inches, culmen 0'85, wing 4, tail 1*8, 

 tarsus 0"78. 



The colouring of the light portions of the plumage in the 

 above species varies considerably. In three males now before 

 me one has the light patch upon the side of the neck and 

 hind neck, the shoulder-patch, likewise the rump and under 

 wing-coverts with a yellow tinge, another has these parts 

 of a buff- colour inclining to rufous, and the third has the 

 same parts of a buffy white without any yellow tinge. The 

 bird with buff markings has the dark portions of the plu- 

 mage of a browner shade, and the red malar stripe as bright 

 as in the other two specimens. 



This species has a restricted range. Mr. E. W. Gates says : 

 — " In Upper Pegu it is decidedly rare ; but occurring as it 

 does both on the Arrakan and Pegu hills, it probably may 

 also be met with on the intervening plains."" Messrs. Hume 

 and Davison, in their paper on the " Birds of Tenasserim ""^ 

 (Str. F. 1878, vi. p. 132), record the species from Pahpoon, 

 Assoon, Meetan, Amherst, Lemyne, Yea, Meeta Myo, and 



