of the Genus Micropternus. 11 



Phaiopicus brachyurus, Malh. Monogr. Picid. ii. p. o, 

 pi. xlvi. figs. 4, 5 (1862). 



Pious squamigularis, Sunclev. Consp. Av. Piciu. p. 89 

 (1866). 



Meiglyptes badiiis, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 126 

 (1868) ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 203. no. 88i5 (1870). 



Meiglyptes S(jnamigula7'is, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 126 (1868) ; id. Haud-l. B. ii. p. 203. no. 8844 (1870). 



Adult male. Entire hack, rump, wings and their coverts, 

 tail and tail-coverts rufous, barred with black; the apical 

 portion of the inner w^ebs of the primaries black for about 

 one inch of their length; the black barring on the tail- 

 feathers well defined and considerably broader than the 

 rufous interspace, and the tips of these feathers black ; head 

 rufous-buff, the feathers of the forehead and crown centred 

 with dusky brown, those under the eye tipped with red, this 

 colour spreading on to some of the ear-coverts ; cheeks, chin, 

 and throat dark brown, the feathers margined with and having 

 a basal stripe of buff; nape, hind neck, side of the neck, 

 chest, and breast imiform rich rufous ; abdomen, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts dusky rufous, barred with black, the barring 

 very faint on the abdomen ; sides of the body, flanks, and 

 thighs rufous, barred with black ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries rufous-buff, with dusky transverse markings : " irides 

 reddish brown ; upper mandible black ; lower mandible 

 black at tip, and behind dirty white ; legs and feet grey " 

 {H. 0. Forbes). Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 

 4-25, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-83; toes (without claws) — outer an- 

 terior 0*62, outer posterior 0"57, inner anterior 0-47, inner 

 posterior 0'25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting 

 the red patch under the eye. Total length 7*0 inches, culmen 

 1-0, wing 4-2, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-8. 



Immature birds have the head lighter, and the feathers of 

 the chin and throat of a less dark brown. In very young 

 specimens the dark centres to these feathers are of a still 

 paler brown, and the dark centres of the occipital feathers 

 have a spotted character. A young female in my collection 



