2 On a recently described Woodpecker from Siam. [Ibis, 



dull olive-green ; a line of red running from above the gape 

 to the neck and a tiny line of reddish above the lores ; chin 

 and throat greenish-white ; back to end of tail-coverts bright, 

 but dark, yellowish-green ; tail black, greenish at the base 

 and with broken white bars on the central rectrices ; lesser 

 and median wing-coverts and inner secondaries like the back, 

 but with a bronze sheen and inner webs blackish; greater 

 coverts, primaries, and outer secondaries blackish-brown 

 barred with white ; upper breast dull crimson-red, forming 

 with the scarlet nape a complete red collar^ the two 

 colours blending on the sides of the neck ; lower breast 

 dark green, abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts lighter, 

 more yellowish -green Avith white and pale yellowish 

 markings. 



"Eyes reddish-brown ; bill black ; legs and claws yellow " 

 [Herbert). 



Wing 136 mm., bill from front 36 mm., tarsus 30 mm. 



The female is like the male, but has the crown dark green ; 

 the collar is less strongl}' developed on the upper breast, but 

 is equally intense scarlet on the nape. 



" Eyes reddish-brown ; bill black ; legs green, claws 

 brown " (Herbert). 



Wing 139 mm., bill from front 34'5 mm., tarsus 29*5 mm. 



Types. (^ , no. 262, l?an Hoi Mak, Camp no. 39, Siam, 

 29. ii.20; ? , INl nong Lep, Camp no. 15, Sianj, 16. i. 20. 



Mr. Herbert is now unfortunately absent in America, 

 and I am therefore unable to add any field- notes to the 

 description. The plate shows well the more conspicuous 

 features, especially the wholly scarlet crown of the male, 

 the equally brilliant nape of the female, and the strongly 

 marked collar on the breast of both. The green of both 

 sexes is also noticeably darker, yet brighter, than it is in 

 the other species of the same genus. 



