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Gecinulus giantia, Blyth., J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 192 ; id. Cat. p. 60 ; 

 Korsf. ^- M. Cat. ii, p. 663 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 292 ; Bulcjer, Ibis, 

 1869, p. lo7; Godw.-Aiist. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 155; xlv, 

 pt. 2, p. 70 ; Hume Sf Im/lis, S. F. \, p. 26 ; Hume, Cat. no. 177 ; 

 id. S. F. xi, p. 63; Haraitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 134. 



TJie Pale-headed Woodjiecker, Jerdon ; Ka-ter, Lepcha ; Koria, Dafla. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, lores, cheeks, and chin light brown ; 

 crown piuk, the feathers edged with deeper red ; oceipnt and nape 

 with the ear-coverts dull olivaceous yellow ; upper parts from 

 neck dull red, tail-feathers edged with the same ; priiuarv-coverts 

 dull yellow ; quills and tail-feathers brown, barred or spotted on 

 both webs with rufous white ; lower parts dark olive, paler and 

 yellower on throat and light brown on the chin ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries dusky brown with rufous spots. 



In the female the red of the crown is wanting, and the whole 

 head is dull yellow. 



Bill bluish white, darker blue at the base ; irides red ; legs pale 

 dusky green (Jerdon). 



Length 10 ; tail '3-7 ; wing o ; tarsus '95 ; bill from gape 1*1. 



Distribution. Common in the Eastern Himalayas, chiefly between 

 2000 and 5000 feet as far west as Nepal ; found also in Assam, 

 the hill-ranges to the south, Cachar and Manipiir. A specimen is 

 also recorded from Laos (Siam). 



Habits., <Sf-c. According to Jerdon this Woodpecker has a squeaking 

 note. Hume met with it in Manipur in pairs. 



959. Gecinulus viridis. The l^outhem Pale-headed Woodpecl-er. 



Gecinulus viridis, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 841 (1862) ; Hmne, 

 S. F. n, p. 472, ix, p. 112 ; id. Cat. no. 177 bis ; Htme ^- Oates, 

 S. F. iii. p 71 ; Bh/th S^- Wald. Birds Biirm. p. 77 ; Hume Sf Dar. 

 S. F. vi, p. 144 ; Biiujham, S. F. ix, p. 164 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 41 ; 

 Hnryitt, Cat. B, M. xviii, p. 136. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, lores, and sides of head yellowisli 

 brown ; sides of neck more yellow, this colour extending round 

 the neck behind the occipital crest, which, with the crown, is bright 

 crimson ; back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and outer margins of wing- 

 feathers, except of primaries towards their tips, yellowish olive, 

 the rump-feathers the same, but narrowly edged and tipped with 

 scarlet or orange ; quills brown, with white spots on the inner 

 webs, and sometimes indistinct pale spots on the outer ; tail- 

 feathers brown, the outer webs bordered with olive-yellow near 

 the base, the inner webs of all but the middle pair spotted with 

 white ; lower parts dark olive-green to greenish brown ; throat 

 more yellow. 



Female. No red on head, which is yellowish brown throughout, 

 much yellower on the nape, so as to have a broad yellow collar. 



Bill pale bluish white, strongly tinged with blue at base ; irides 

 brown ; legs, feet, and claws pale dirty green {Davison). 



