38 PICID.E. 



Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 271 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli, i)t. 2, p. L^o ; 

 Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 154; Hume, Cat. no. 156; 

 id. S. F. xi, p. 57. 

 Dendrocopus cathpbarius, Hargitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 223 ; Oates 

 in Hume^s N. ^' E. 2ud ed. ii, p. 302. 



The Lesser Black Woodpeclcer, Jerdon. 



Coloration. Male. Upper parts glossy black with the following 

 exceptions : — the forehead is brownish white, the ends of the nasal 

 bristles being black ; the occiput, nape, and sides of the neck are 

 crimson, and some of the innermost greater and median coverts 

 are in great part white ; quills black, with white spots on both 

 webs and generally a spot at the tip ; inner w-ebs of primaries 

 unspotted near the tip ; tail-feathers black, the two median pairs 

 unspotted, the remainder more or less barred with buff; sides of 

 head huffy white ; chin the same with some black mixed, a black 

 malar band from lower mandible below ear-coverts and red of the 

 neck to side of breast ; throat uniform light brown, remainder of 

 lower parts isabelline with longitudinal black streaks, that are 

 broadest and most marked on the breast ; feathers in middle 

 of breast and under tail-coverts sometimes tipped with red ; under 

 wing-coverts black and white, axillaries «'hite. 



The female has no red on the nape, but there is some on the 

 sides of the neck, it is, ho\^ever, fainter than in the male ; rufous 

 gorget generally faint or wanting. 



Bill bluish white; irides brown ; legs plumbeous {Jerdon). 



Length 7 ; tail 2-7 ; wing 4 ; tarsus "7 ; bill from gape '75. 

 This species is very similar to D. darjilensis, but much smaller. 



Distrihution. Eastern Himalayas ; not rare in ISikhim, Avhere the 

 range in elevation is similar to that of D. darjilensis, and extending 

 into Nepal. This Woodpecker has only once been recorded from 

 any locality out of the Himalayas ; a single specimen was obtained 

 by Godwin-Austen in the Xtiga hills. 



Habits, 4'c. The eggs, which are pure white and fairly glossy, and 

 measure about '77 by '61, are laid in April, as usual in a hole 

 •excavated in a tree. 



966. Dendrocopus pyrrhothorax. The lled-hreasted Pied 

 Woodpeclcer. 



Picus cathpharius, apud Godic.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 154. 

 Picus pyrrhothorax, Hume, S. F. x, p. 150 ; xi, p. 57. 

 Dendrocopus pyrrhothorax, Hargitt, Cat. B. 31. xviii, p. 224, 

 pi. iv. 



Khupi-woi-ru, Anghami Naga. 



This only differs from D. cathpharius in having a distinct broad 

 crimson gorget on the breast, and the under tail-coverts much more 

 deeply tinged with red. The other differences prove to be merely 

 individual. It was supposed from the only pair originally de- 

 scribed that the sexes were alike and that both had the occiput 



