290 Lord Tweeddale on Birds from 



(mus. nostr.), this is the case ; and I have not observed the 

 same character in the multitude of Malaccan birds I have ex- 

 amined^ nor is it to be found in Mr. Buxton^s Sumatran 

 males ; but it is to be observed in examples from Malabar, and 

 it may merely indicate the full breeding male plumage of all 

 the members of the genus. 



21. Meiglyptes tristis. 



Picus tristis, Horsf. t. c. p. 177, "Java'' (1820); Raffles, 

 t.c. p. 290, "Sumatra" (1821). 



Not distinguishable from Bornean and Malaccan indi- 

 viduals. The length of wing is very variable in adults of tliis 

 species ; and in one of Mr. Buxton's specimens, an adult male, 

 the bill is remarkably short. 



22. Meiglyptes tukki. 



Picus tukki, Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 167, " Sumatra," 

 Malaccan examples {Hemicercus brunneus, Eyton, P. Z. S. 

 1839, p. 106) do not differ. 



23. Dendrotypes analis. 



Picus analis, Horsf. t. c. p. 177, "Java" (1820) , 

 Bill longer, otherwise identical with typical examples. This 

 Woodpecker also inhabits the island of Madura. 



24. YUNGIPICUS FUSCO-ALBIDUS. 



Picus variegatus, Latham, apud Wagler, Syst. Av. Picus, 

 no. 27 (1827), nee Lath. 



Yungipicus fusco-albidus, Salvadori, t.c. p. 42 (1874). 



Picus sondaicus, Wallace, Gray, Hand-1. no. 8589, 1870; 

 Salvadori, t. c. p. 43, note, " Java." 



Mr. Buxton's Sumatran series of this small Woodpecker 

 consists of examples undistinguishable from Malaccan and 

 Javan individuals. Wagler described the species from Javan 

 examples only [conf. Cab. Mus. Hein. iv. ii. p. 54, note); but 

 he adopted for it Latham's (Gmelin's) title of Picus varie- 

 gatus, bestowed on a South-American Woodpecker, and Count 

 Salvadori has therefore superseded the title by a new one 

 {I.e.). The title P. sondaicus, Wallace, is founded solely 

 on the Javan bird, and must fall, no description having accom- 

 panied the title when first published. Whatever Picus mo- 



