10 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes 



178. MiCROPTERNUS PHAIOCEPS. 



One measured 15|- inches in expanse of wing, foot only 2jlj. 

 I omitted to mention the red cheek-stripe in the male of this 

 species. 



Another race of these brown Woodpeckers from China has 

 been named M. fokiensis by Swinhoe. 



Gen. Brachypternus. 

 This genus is peculiar to India proper, including Ceylon. 



182. B. DILUTUS. 



Blyth states that this is a sufficiently well characterized spe- 

 cies. Mr. Gould has specimens of all three species. 



The true Picas ceylonus is also a Brachypternus. 



A fourth race of the genus Chrysonotus is C. tridadylus, 

 from Malacca. 



186. ViVIA INNOMINATA. 



The forehead of this bird is yellow rather than chestnut in 

 freshly killed birds; and Stoliczka notices an ashy green stripe 

 behind the yellow frontal zone. He also remarks that the upper 

 of the two lines mentioned by me is a superciliary one, widening 

 towards the nape, and the lower one is edged with blackish ; the 

 quills, except the first two or three, are greenish-edged; and 

 the edge of the whole inner web of the central tail-feathers is 

 also generally black. 



It is figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxii, pi. 13. 



187. Sasia ochracea. 



This bird is figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxii. pi. 14. My 

 description was taken from a faded specimen, and is not very 

 correct. The interscapulars are greenish, and the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts rufescent yellow, the rest of the upper parts 

 being green. The forehead is ochreous in females. The legs 

 are deep yellow, not pale red; and the irides in some are crimson. 

 The extent of the foot is misprinted 1^ instead of If. 



190. Indicator xanthonotus. 



Mr. Hume states that this rare bird has been procured in the 

 N.W. Himalayas by Col. Delme Radcliffe — but, being doubtful 

 of its identity, has provisionally named it Indicator radcliffii. 



