12 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



has some of the rufous feathers of the nape tinged with red ; 

 but this colour I have never observed on the nape of any 

 other specimen, and regard as purely accidental. 



This species does not appear to range north of Tavoy, but 

 is found throughout the southern portion of Tenasserim. 

 Mr. Hume^s collection contains examples from Mergui, 

 Pakchan, Eankasoon, and Malewoon. It is also i'ound in 

 the Malayan peninsula; and Mr. Hume gives the' following 

 localities : — Penang, Malacca, Pulo Seban, Singapore, and 

 Wellesley Province. I also have in my cabinet a specimen 

 from the island of Salanga {Weber). It appears to be fairly 

 common in Sumatra, Bangka, and Java ; the Leiden Museum 

 contains numerous examples from these localities. Typical 

 specimens from Java are larger than the Sumatran bird, and 

 have the feathers of the thi'oat blacker, with white margins. 

 Examples from Bangka are intermediate between the Javau 

 and Sumatran birds. 



5. MiCROPTERXUS FOKIENSIS. 



Brachypternus bailius (non llaffl.), Swinh. Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 267. 



Brachypternus fokiensis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 87 ; id. 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 63. 



Micropternus fokiensis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 267; id. 

 op. cit. 1871, p. 393 ; David & Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 54 

 (1877). 



Picus fokiensis, Sundev. Consp. Av. Pieiu. p. 91 (1866); 

 Giebel, Thes. Orn. p. 154 (1876). 



MeigJyptes fokiensis, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 126 

 (1868) ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 203. no. 8847 (1870). 



Microp)ternus brachyurus (pt.), Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 481. 



Adult male. Upper back uniform dark brown ; middle and 

 lower back, rump, scapularies, and wing-coverts blackish 

 brown, narrowly barred with rufous ; bastard wing and 

 primary-coverts blackish brown, barred with rufous ; quills 

 barred brownish black and rufous on both Avebs ; shafts 

 reddish orange on the rufous portion of the web, and blackish 

 where the feather is erosscnl bv a black bar; the shafts of the 



