Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus lyngipicus. 23 



in the British Museum ; but where he got his figure from is 

 more than I can venture to say. No Iijngipicus has the white 

 side-face which he represents ; and I call attention to his 

 figure, presumably of the type in the British Museum, to 

 show the careless way in which the plates of this monograph 

 were supervised. 



Picus MENISCUS (Malh.), t. cit. p. 151, pi. xxxv. fig. 2. 

 This is a bird which sorely puzzles me ; it is closely allied 

 to /. semicoronatus, but has all the tail-feathers spotted. 



Picus otarius (Malh.), t. cit. p. 152, pi. xxxv. figs. 5-7. 



I cannot see how this differs from /. auritus (Ey ton), judging 

 fi'om Malherbe's plate of the former ; but this, I regret to 

 say, like most of that author's illustrations of the present 

 genus, is not of much use in distinguishing the species. 



Picus gymnophthalmus (Blyth), Malh. t. cit. p. 153. 

 Picus KizuKi, Malh. t. cit. p. 154, pi. xxxvi. figs. 1, 2. 

 Picus temminckii (Malh.), t. cit. p. 155, pi. xxxvi. fig. 3. 

 These three species are well defined, and call for no parti- 

 cular remark. 



Prof. Sundevall, in 1866, wrote a very able Conspectus of 

 the Woodpeckers, as a synopsis of the family and as a critique 

 on INIalherbe. His arrangement calls for but few remarks. 



Picus CANiFRONS, of Suudcvall, from Peking, in the Paris 

 Museum, I consider to be only a variety of /. scintilliceps (vide 

 infra) . 



Sundevall further follows Malherbe in his identification of 

 P. nanus, and adds, as synonyms, P. otarius, Malh., and 

 P.freniger, Eeichenb. The former identification I believe 

 to be wrong. The latter may be right ; but I cannot say. 



Clavis specienan. 

 a. dorso nigro, albo maculato vel fasciato, vel fere albo. 

 a', occipite fascia lata rubra circumcincto. 



a". rectricibu3 4 centralibus cum supra cauda- 



libus nigris semicofotiatxs, 



b". rectricibus centralibus albo maculatis meniscus. 



b'. occipite fascia longitudinali utriuque scarlatina 

 ornato. 

 c". gutture imo et pectore nigro couspicue naacu- 

 latis. 



