Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus lyngipicus. 31 



Picus trisulensis, Liclit. in Mus. Berol. 



Picus nepalensis, Liclit. in Mus. Berol. 



Yungipicus trisulensis, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 8 

 (1854). 



Yungipicus mitchelli, Bp. torn. cit. p. 8 (1854). 



Yungipicus scintilla, Bp. torn. cit. p. 8 (1854, ex Natt. MSS. 

 in Mus. Vindob.). 



Yungipicus pygmaeus, Bp. torn. cit. p. 8 (1854) ; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. i. p. 277 (1863) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. &c. Nepal 

 pres. Hodgs. p. 63 (1863) ; Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 232 ; 

 Hume, op. cit. 1879, p. 87; Scully, torn. cit. 1879, 

 p. 247. 



B(Eopipo pygmceus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 56 

 (1863). 



Bcsopipo mitchelli, Cab. & Heine, torn. cit. p. 55 (1863). 

 /. fascia utrinque occipitali rubra ; rectricibus 4 centralibus 

 nigris, immaculatis ; supracaudalibus nigris ; dorso sum- 

 mo nigro, dorso imo et uropygio nigro fasciatis ; tectri- 

 cibus alarum medianis albo maculatisj regione parotica 

 sepiaria. 



Hub. in montibus Himalayanis. 



Jerdon says that this little Woodpecker is found in the 

 Himalayas from the north-west as far as Nepal, but does not 

 extend to Sikkim, where its place is apparently taken by 

 /. semicoronatus . Mr. Hume has obtained this species from 

 Kumaon, Gurhwal, the Dhoon, and the Mussoorie hills 

 (Str. F. 1875, p. 60). 



Malherbe appears to me to have created a good deal of 

 confusion by separating /. mitchelli as a species; for I cannot 

 see the smallest reason for so doing. The specimens in the 

 India Museum are now in the British Museum, and were 

 considered to be the actual types by Mr. Moore, who had 

 doubtless the assurance of Malherbe himself for this identi- 

 fication. On his return to France, however, he appears to 

 have made a specimen in his own collection the type of P. 

 mitchelli ; but the India Museum skins show us the bird 

 intended by Malherbe, and there is no doubt of their identity 

 with P. pygm<2us. 



