piciN^. 271 



HoRSF., Cat. 982 — P. liodgsoni, Malherbe— Sadyer prep-pho, 



Lepch. 



The Daejeeling Black Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Above black, with some of the scapulars, and the tips of 

 the greater wing-coverts, white, forming a white bar ; wings with 

 small white spots on the outer webs, and larger ones on the edges 

 of the inner webs ; tail, with the three outer feathers more or less 

 irregularly banded with white ; forehead, and round each eye, 

 white ; car-coverts yellowish-white ; sides of neck, and under 

 surface of the neck in front, and breast, pale Isabella colour ; a 

 black irregular line from the base of the lower mandible, running- 

 down the sides of the neck towards the shoulder of the wings ; 

 breast and abdomen isabella-colour, blotched with longitudinal 

 streaks of black, paler and albescent on the sides, and on the lower 

 abdomen ; under tail-coverts pale crimson ; hind-head of the male 

 crimson. 



Bill and feet plumbeous ; irides red-brown. Length 8 inches ; 

 wing 4| ; tail 2f ; bill at front 1^ ; foot If. 



This appears to be the representative, in the South-east Hima- 

 layas, of the P. Himalayanus of the North-west. It has been 

 found in Nepal and Sikim, in the latter country from 4,000 to 

 8,000 feet and upwards ; but it is not very common about 

 Darjeeling. 



One specimen, in the Museum, As. Soc, Calcutta, from Nepal, has 

 the black streaks of the lower surface much more developed than 

 usual, so that the lower parts appear almost black ; and the Isabella 

 tint of the lower surface varies a good deal in intensity in differ- 

 ent individuals. 



156. Picus cathpharius, Hodgson. 

 J. A. S. XII, 1006— Blyth, Cat. 296— Horsf., Cat. d^G— 

 Sadyer prep-j^ho, Lepch. 



The Lesser Black Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Upper parts black, with a small white wing-patch, and a 

 series of white spots on both webs of all the alars ; lores, round 

 the eye, and ear-coverts, in great part wiiite ; a black stripe from 



