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faintly continued along the flanks ; as dusky streaks, increasing as 

 in width on the vent and thigh coverts. 



Bill dusky-plumbcous, reddish beneath ; feet plumbeous ; irides 

 brown. Length 7 inches ; wing 3| ; ext. 12 ; tail 2|- ; bill at 

 front yf ; foot ly-'^. 



The Indian Spotted Woodpecker is found through Northern 

 India to the base of the Himalayas, extending into Assam, 

 Burmah, the Malay peninsula, and (according to Layard) to Ceylon; 

 but it is not found in Southern nor in Central India. It is 

 very common about Calcutta, and I have frequently seen it in the 

 Botanic Garden there : ]\Ir. Blyth tells me that it is equally common 

 at Akyab. 



158. Picus Scindianus, Gould. 



MooKE, HoRSF. Cat. 981. 



The Scinde Pied Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Somewhat allied to P. medius of Europe (i. e. black 

 above, with a white wing-patch, the quills spotted with white, and 

 beneath white, with the flanks and under tail-coverts rosy) ; but 

 it is smaller, the flanks are not suffused with rosy, and there is a 

 broad black streak from the base of the lower mandible down the 

 sides of the neck. 



Length 1\ inches ; wing 4| ; tail 3-|. 



This Woodpecker has only hitherto been found in Scinde. 



159. Picus brunneifrons, Vig. 



Vigors, Proc. Z. S. 1831— Gould, Cent. Illm. Birds, pL 52— 

 Blytii, Cut. 292— HoRSF., Cat. 988. 



The Brown-fronted Woodpecker. 

 Descr. — ]\Iale, forehead brown ; top of the head golden-yellow ; 

 occiput crimson ; the rest of the plumage above black, with white 

 bars ; tail, with the centre feathers, black ; the two outer, on each 

 side, banded with white ; the lores and ear-coverts, pale broAvn; a 

 small white stripe behind the eye ; a streak of Avhite from below 

 the car-coverts, passing round them to the sides of the neck, 



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