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13 1 4. (992) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus. 



TickelVs Golden-hackecl Woodpecker. 



Picus guttacristatus Tickell, J.A.S.B., il, 1833, p. 578, {Bora- 

 bhum). 

 Behar, Bengal, Assam, Burma, North of Rangoon, Siam, etc. 



13 15. (992) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus sultaneus Hodgson's 



Golden-hacked Woodpecker, 



Picus sultaneus Hodg., J.A.S.B., vL, 1837, 2>- 105, (Nepal), 

 N. W. India, Mussoree to Nepal. 



13 16. (992) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus delesserti. Mal- 



herbes Golden-backed Woodpecker. 



Indopicus delesserti Malh., Mem. Acad. Melz., 1848, «. 343. 

 {Malabar). ^ 



India, S. of Bombay and Orissa, Peninsular Burma, Siam 

 and Malaya. 



13 17. (993) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus stricklandi. Layard's 



Woodpecker. 



Brachypternus stricklandi Lai/ard, A.M.N.H., (2), xiii., v. 

 449, (1554), {Oeylon). ^ 



Ceylon only. 



13 18. (994*) Hemicercus sordidus. The Grey and Buff Wood- 



pecker. 



Dendrocopus sordidus %fon, A.M.N.H., xvL, p. 229, (1845), 

 {Malacca). 

 Tennasserim, South to Malay Pen. 



1319. (995) *Hemicercus canente. The Heart-spotted Woodpecker. 



Pious canente Less., Cent. Zool, p. 215, (1830), (Pegu). 



Assam, S. of the Brahmapootra to Siam, etc., Malabar 

 coast. 



1320. (996) Alophonerpes pulverulentulus harterti. Hesse's 



Great Slaty Woodpecker. 



Muleripicus p. harterti Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., p. 182, (1911), 

 (Assam). 



Himalayas, Simla to Assam, Burma, Malay States, etc. 



J321. (997) Thriponax hodgsonii hodgsonii. The Malabar Great 

 Black Woodpecker. 



Hemilophus hodgsonii Jerd., Madr. Jour., xi., p. 215, (1840), 

 {Malabar Coast). 

 S. W. India from Travancore to Belgaum. 



* There are probably several races of this genus which require working out, 



