Mr. E. Ilargitt on the Genus lyngipicus. 21 



Before proceeding to the synonymy of the species of this 

 genus, it may be as well to say a few words on those re- 

 cognized by Malherbe and his able critic, the late Professor 

 Sundevall, The species mentioned by the former author are 

 as follows ; — 



Picus vARiEGATus, Malh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 139, pi. xxxiii. 

 figs. 8, 9. 



Hab. Inde. 



The figures are very poor ; but, judging from the description, 

 I have little doubt that the species here intended is the Javan 

 and Malaccan bird called Picus sonclaicus by Wallace, which I 

 consider to be the true /. auritus (Eyton) . Malherbe sup- 

 poses Jerdon's Picus hardwickii to be the same ; but this is, 

 of course, an error. It is, no doubt, the true P. variegatus 

 of Wagler, founded, as Dr. Cabanis has shown, on a Javan 

 specimen ; but, for reasons given below, the name variegatus 

 cannot be employed for a Malayan species. 



Picus FRENiGER (Reiclicnb.), Malh. t. cit. p. 141. 

 As Malherbe has pointed out, the figure and description 

 do not agree, and the species is indeterminable. 



Picus CANiCAPiLLUS (Blyth), Malh. t. cit. p. 141. 

 This bird was not figured by Malherbe, apparently from lack 

 of specimens; the species is well known to us at the present day. 



Picus MiTCHELLi (Malh.), t. cit. p. 142, pi. xxxii. figs. 1, 2. 

 This, as I shall endeavour to show later on, is identical 

 with I. pygm(Bus. 



Picus MOLUccENSis (Gm.), Malh. t. cit. p. 143, pi. xxxii. 

 figs. 4-6. 



Malherbe considers the Philippine bird to be the true P. 

 moluccensis ; but, as Lord Tweeddale has pointed out (Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. ix. p. 148), this is not the case. 



Picus NANUS, Malh. t. cit. p. 145, pi. xxxiii. figs. 1-5. 



I have referred to this species more fully, further on ; but 

 it is a most puzzling question, because Malherbe wrote alter 

 seeing the type of Vigors^s bird in the Zoological Society^s 

 Museum, an advantage I have not had, as no one knows the 



