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PICTDiE. 



982. Miglyptes jugularis. The Bhcl-and-Bvff Woodpecker. 



Picus (Meiglyptes) jugularis, Blijth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 195 (18-4o). 

 Meigiyptes jug-iilaiis, Blyth, Cat. p. 60 : Horaf. ^- M. Cat. ii, p. 669 ; 



Ihnne 8c Gates, 8. F. iii, p. 63 ; Bli/th Sc Wakl. Birds Biirm. p. 77 ; 



H/ane ^- Dav. S. F. vi, pp. 132, 501 ; Oafes, B. B. ii, p. 60. 

 ]\Iiglyptes jugularis, Hume, Cat. no. 165 quat. ; Binqlmm, S. F. ix, 



p. 16] : Harr/itt, Ibis, 1884, p. 197 ; id. Cat. B. 31. xviii, p. 391. 



Fig. 15. — Head of M. jugularis. 



Coloration. Male. Black or brownish black, except two large 

 patches,. ore on each side of the neck, extending round the hind 

 neck, and forming a demi-collar, the rump, but not the tail-coverts, 

 a large space on each wing consisting of all the minor coverts 

 and of the innermost major and median coverts and tertiaries, 

 the edge of the wing and wing-lining, which are pure buff ; a 

 malar stripe on each side with the feathers tipped red ; forehead, 

 ci'own, and sides of head narro\^'ly barred across with buff; chin 

 black and buff' mixed in small subequal spots ; quills with small 

 submarginal spots on the outer webs and large spots on the inner, 

 the latter wanting near the tip and increasing in size near the 

 base ; a few buff bars on the flanks and thigh-coverts ; tail 

 uniform. 



T\^(i female wants the red malar stripe. 



Bill black ; iris dark brown ; eyelids dark plumbeous ; legs dull 

 bluish, claws horny brown (Oates). 



Length 7'5 ; tail 2; wing 4; tarsus "85 ; bill from gape 1. 



Distribution . The greater part of Burma (rare in the Arrakan 

 and Pegu hills, and near Toungngoo, more common in Tenasserim), 

 as far south as Tavoy ; also Siam and Cochin China. 



Habits, 4'c. This Woodpecker is found in high forests, but has 

 also been observed by Davison in large clearings, open jungle, and 

 even in bamboo-jungle. It closely resembles Hemicercus canente 

 in coloration. 



Genus MICROPTERNUS, Blyth, 1845. 



Bill like that of Miiiljiptes, curved above, without nasal ridge, 

 but the chin-angle is nearer to the tip than to the gape ; nostrils 

 rounded nnd exposed ; wing rounded ; tail-feathers pointed, the 

 outer pair just exceeding the tail-coverts in length ; first toe very 



