48 Mr. E, Hargitt on the Genus lyngipicus. 



Travancore, and recorded as occurring on the Palani liills by 

 Mr. S. B. Fairbauk, and, I think, may be referred to the 

 race of the above species which I have named lyngipicus 

 peninsularis. I have never seen a typical specimen of /. (jym- 

 nophthalmu'i from any other locality than Ceylon. 



Neither this species nor /. peninsularis have any mous- 

 taehial stripe. 



E Mus. Brit. 



a. S ^^- Colombo, Ceylon (/. P. Green) . 



b. (? ad. Ceylon {W. V. Legge). 



c. S ad. Ceylon {Cuming). 



d. S ad. {Cuming). 



e,f. c?, ? ad. Ceylon {Gould coll.). 



E Mus. E. Hargitt. 



a. ^ ad. Ceylon. 



b. ^ juv. Ceylon {W. V. Legge). 



c. d. ? ad. Ceylon. 



e. ? ad. Ceylon {W. V. Legge). 



E Mus. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay. 



a,b. (^, ? ad. Ceylon. 



c,d. ^ , ? ad. Ceylon {Nevill) . 



e. S ad. Ceylon {D. H. P.). 



f. ? . Dumabra, 



19. Iyngipicus peninsularis, sp. nov. 



Picus nanus, Malherbe (nee Vigors), Monogr. Picid. p. 145, 

 pi. xxxiii. figs. 1-5 (1861) ; Sundevall, Consp. Av. Picin. 

 p. 28 (1866) ; Gray, Cat. Picidae Brit. Mns. p. 42 (1868) ; 

 id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 184. no. 8579 (1870). 



Picus gymnophthalmus, auct. ex India (nee Blytli) ; Bourd. 

 Str. F. 1876, p. 389. 



/. similis /. gymnophthalmo , sed pileo summo brunneo nee 

 nigro, et occipite tantum saturatiore brunneo distinguen- 

 dus. 



Hab. in peninsula Indica meridionali. 



This race of /. gymnophthalmus may be distinguished from 

 the Ceylon bird by having the crown, nape, and ear-coverts 

 brown, and the upper parts, as well as the stripe behind the 



