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THE IBIS. 



ELEVENTH SERIES. 



Vol. III. No. 1. JANUARY 1921. 



T. — On a recently described Woodpecker (Picus rubricollaris) 

 from Siam. By E. C. Stuart Baker, jNI .B.O.U. 



(Plate I.) 



Among tlie numerous new species and subspecies of birds 

 recently found by Messrs. Herbert, Gairdner, Williamson, 

 and others in 8iam, there are few more handsome or 

 conspicuous than the subject of the frontispiece of this 

 number of ' Tlie Ibis,' obtained by Mr. E. G. Herbert's 

 collectors. 



Descriptions of both male and female of this fine 

 Woodpecker were given by me in the Bulletin of the 

 B. O. C. vol. xli. p. 10 (October 1920), where it was 

 named Picus rubricollaris, and are here reprinted. 



Adult male. Whole crown brilliant crimson-scarlet changing 

 to pure scarlet on the nape, the feathers of the crown with 

 black bases whicli show through in places; sides of tlie head 



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