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SPARK-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



TUNGIPICUS SCINTILLICEPS 

 (SWINHOE.) 



[lyngipicus scintilliceps (Swinhoe).] 



Description. — Length 7 inches. 



This little woodpecker is black above, 

 with lower parts of the back white 

 transversed by seven bars. Fore part 

 of the crown grey. Two tufts of scarlet 

 on the sides of the head of the male. 

 A white stripe from eye to side of nock. 

 Nape black. Throat grey bordered by 

 black mustaches. All the rest of the 

 lower parts grey with long brown 

 markings. Greater and lesser wing 

 coverts with large white spots. Remiges 

 barred with white. 



Distribution. — China generally. Re- 

 sident, but not common, in the Yangtsa 

 Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — Similar to that of 

 the other Woodpeckers. 



Notes.— While this little Wood- 

 pecker is a resident in the Yangtse 

 Valley, yet he is not nearly so 

 frequently met with as Green and the 

 Pied species. 



CHINESE PIOULET. 



PICUMNUS CHINENSIS (hARGITt). 



Description. — Length 4 inches. 



The small of the woodpeckers. 

 Its back is greenish yellow. Head 

 maroon brown. Below pale yellow 

 each feather marked with rounded 

 black spot, forming bands on flanks 

 and longitudinal streaks on the breast. 

 The middle of the abdomen is saffron. 

 Tail feathers soft, and not stiff and 

 pointed as in other species. 



