260 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chrysophlegma. 



XXXI. — Notes on Woodpeckers. — No. XII. On the Genus 

 Chrysophlegma. By Edward Hargitt, F.Z.S. 



In the present genus I have only included six species, one of 

 which, C. fnystacale of Salvadori, has been described since 

 Malherbe published his monograph. The remaining yellow- 

 naped species, which modern authors place either in this 

 genus or in Callolophus, are to my mind true Gecini, and I 

 have therefore transferred them to the genus Gecinus. The 

 introduction of a species bearing the name of C. squami- 

 collis will possibly create some surprise amongst ornitholo- 

 gists; but the Malaccan bird hitherto designated C. mentale 

 turns out not to be true C mentale of Temminck. The only 

 author who has remarked the specific difference between the 

 Javan and the Malaccan birds appears to have been Reichen- 

 bach, who, in his ' Handbuch,^ after giving a clear descrijation 

 of the Malayan species, made the mistake of calling it Venilia 

 mentalis — a name which, as I show below, belongs absolutely 

 to the Javan bird. In the same work he names another species 

 Venilia gularis, which, from the description given, is most 

 certainly the true C. mentale of Temminck, from Java. In my 

 notes attached to the species I have more fully entered into the 

 subject, and, I hope, have proved satisfactorily that Lesson's 

 title squamicollis must be employed for the Malaccan 

 species. Reichenbach includes only two yellow-naped species 

 in the genus Chrysophlegma, and places the others in the 

 genus Venilia. Sundevall, in his ' Conspectus Avium Pici- 

 narum,' under Tribus 18 [Fici flavinuchales) comprises all 

 the yellow-naped species which are included by the authors 

 of our day in the genera Chrysophlegma and Callolophus; 

 and Malherbe, in his ' Monograph,' places them in his genus 

 Chloropicus. 



In the preparation of this paper I have made use of the 

 collection in the British Museum, and, through the courtesy 

 of Dr. Giinther and Mr. Sharpe, I have been permitted to 

 examine the specimens of Picidse contained in the superb 

 collection recently jjresented by Mr. Hume to the British 

 Museum, and brought to this country, at great personal risk. 



