134 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1. [D''c. 30, 19i'l. 



1305. (986) Brachypternus aurantius aurantius. The Norlh- 



ern Golden-hacl-ed Wooflpecl-er. 



Picus aurantius Linn., S.N., i., ]). 174, (17G6), {Cape of Good 

 Hope) (Belmr). 



N. W. India, N. India, Bengal, Central India, Orissa and 

 Bombaj'. 



1306. (986*) Brachypternus aurantius puncticollis. The (South- 



ern Golden-hacked Woodpecker. 



Brachyternopicus puncticollis MaJh., Rev. Zooh, 1845, p. 405, 

 {Cetjlon). 

 India S. of range of last biid and Ceylon. 



1307. (986) Brachypternus aurantius dilutus. The Sind Gold-' 



cn-haclced Wood2}ecJcer. 



Brachypternus dilutus Blyth, Cat., p. 50, (1852), (Sind). 

 Sind, Baluchistan and ? Punjab. 



1308. (987*) Brachypternus aurantius erithronotus. The Bed- 



hacked Woodqjecker. 



Picus erithronotus Fzez7?. , iVo?i?'. Diet, d'llist. Nat., xxvi., j). 

 73, (1818), (Ceylon). 



Ceylon (area different to that occupied by No. 1306). 



1309. (988) Tiga Javanensis intermedia. The Burmese Golden- 



backed Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Pious intermedins Blyth, J.A.S.B., 1845, p. 193, (Arrakav). 

 Assam, S. of Brahmapootra, Chin Hills and N. Arrakan. 



1310. (988) Tiga Javanensis rubropyoialis. The Malabar Gold- 



en-hacked Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picus rubropygialis Malh., Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 400, (Bengal). 

 S. India, north to Southern Orissa and Bomba3\ 



131 1. (989) Tiga shorii. The Himalayan Golden-backed Three- 



toed Woodpecker. 



Picus shorii Vigors, P.Z.S., 1831, p. 175, (Himalaya Mis.). 

 Himalayas, Nepal through Burmese Hill Ranges. 



1312. (990) Gauropicoides rafflesi peninsularis. The Malayan 



Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., xix., 1911, p. 192, (Malacca). 

 S. Tcnnasserim, S.W, Siam and Malay Peninsula. 



1313. (991) Chrysocolaptes festivus. The Black-backed Wood- 



pecker. 



Picus festivus Bodd., Tahl, PI. EnJ., p. 43, (1783), (Goa). 

 Indian Plains and Ceylon. 



* A series shewn me by Mr. W. E. Wait proves c^uite satisfactorily that erith- 

 ronotus is only a race of aurantius 



