143 ^Ir. JC. Hiu-gitt on the Ji'oodpeckers 



b. Witli no red on the head of l'eiu:do v^male unknown "V 

 M^^st of the primaries' tipped with white, and tlie 

 white upon both the upper and under parts more 

 extended than in T. A'.v?<;>'-,>.'if". hut otiierwiso resem- 

 blinar it richardsi. 



1. TlIRlPOXAX H01>GEI. 



Miilleripicus /iod(/ti, Blytli, J. A. S. B. 18(i0. p. 105 ; Jeni. 

 B. lud. i. p. .085 (^IStVe^, ; Beavaii, Ibis, 1867, pp. o20, 334: 

 Ball, J. A. S. B. xxxix. pr. .0, p. 511 (1870) ; id. op. cit. xli. 

 pt. 3, p. .079 (187.0): id. Str. F. 1873, p. 63. 



T/irijJonoi' hodpei. Cab. &: Heine, Mas. Heiii. iv. p. 106 

 (1863): T^'aid. ibis, 1873, p. 301 : Hume, Str. F. 1874, 

 p. 189, 1879, p. 87. 



Pictts hod(fei, Sunder. Cousp. Av, Pieiu. p. 9 ^1^66) : 

 Giebel, Thes! Oru. p. 159 (1876). 



Hemilophus hodffei. Gray, List Fioid. Brir. ^Tus. p. 86 

 {1868\ 



Canipethera hodgei. Gray, Haud-1. B. ii. p. 19 i. no. 8710 

 (1870). 



Adult male. Foreiiead, orowu, aud elongated oeeipital crest 

 brigbt scarlet ; the malar stripe also scarlet, bur duller in 

 colour; the remainder of the plumage dull black; shafts 

 of quills and of tail-feathers black. Total length 15*0 

 inches, culmen 1"87, wing 7":2, tail 5"65, tai-sus 1'3 : toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0"95, outer posterior 0"85_, 

 inner anterior 0'7.'2, inner posterior 045. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the 

 forehead aud crown black, the occipital cresfc alone being 

 scarlet, and also in the absence of the red malai* patch, the 

 cheeks being black. Total length 150 inches, culmen 1"75, 

 wing 7'.0, tail 5"4, tarsus 12. 



Mr. Hume gives the soft parts of this species as follows : — 

 '• Legs, feet, and claws blackish plumbeous ; bill black in 

 some specimens, but not in all, whitish and semitrausparent 

 at the tip ; irides yellowish white to pale yellow." 



* When we become acquainted with the male of T. richard^-iy it mav 

 be necessary to remodel the present key tn the species. 



