348 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



white, the black forming large and conspicuous spots, the 

 terminal one being more or less heart-shaped ; shafts black ; 

 lower back olive-grey, some of the feathers being tipped with 

 whitish ; rump and upper series of upper tail-covcrts uniform 

 yellowish white, the lower series of these coverts black, with 

 whitish tips 5 tail black, the inner webs of the feathers having 

 a whitish spot, the outer large one having also a transverse 

 spot on the outer web ; dwarf feather broadly margined 

 and barred with yellowish white, the black forming two large 

 spots ; shafts black ; forehead and crown crimson ; hind neck 

 whitish ; occipital crest, lores, sides of the face and neck, 

 chin, throat, and under surface of the body olive-grey, a 

 faint yellowish-white stripe from under the ear-coverts run- 

 ning down the side of the neck, the abdominal feathers 

 having yellowish tips ; the feathers of the thighs black, 

 margined with yellowish; under tail-coverts black at the 

 base, the tips being yellowish white ; under wing-coverts 

 yellowish white. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 0'85, 

 wing 3'35, tail 1"0, tarsus 0*65 ; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0'52, outer posterior 0*52, inner anterior 0*4, inner 

 posterior 0*28. 



Young male. DiiFers from the adult in having the forehead 

 and crown rufous buff, the occipital feathers more or less 

 washed with flame-red, and having dusky tips ; nape very 

 similar in colour to the crown ; sides of the face and neck, 

 also the entire under surface of the body, dusky, without 

 any olive tinge, the feathers of the breast and abdomen 

 having pale brownish tips ; under wing-coverts buffy white. 



The still younger male has the hind part of the crown 

 covered with transverse dusky markings, and the outermost 

 feathers of the occipital crest much more varied with dusky, 

 this colour forming a central stripe, the red feathers of the 

 crest having also dusky tips. 



Nestling male. Having the forehead, crown, and occipital 

 crest dingy rufous buff, the feathers having dusky tips, and 

 with only a slight trace of red on the occipital crest. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the 

 entire top of the head, as well as the occipital crest, slaty 



