278 BIUDS OF INDIA. 



on each side banded black and white, and the third edged with 

 white on the outer web. 



Length 5f inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 2 ; bill at front -^^q ; foot 1|. 



This species is found in the North-west Himalayas, extending 

 into Nepal, but not into Sildm. The females of the last two can 

 be readily distinguished from each other by the extent of the 

 white patch on the sides of the neck. 



164. Yungipicus Hardwickii, Jerdon. 



Picus, apud Jerdon, 2nd Suppl., Cat. 209 — P. Moluccensis, 

 apud Gray, Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool., pi. — Jerdon, Cat. 209 (not 

 of Latham) — P. variegatus, Wagler, (not Latham) — P. cine- 

 reigula, Malh. Chitta siruti pachi, Tel. 



Tpie Southern Pigmy Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Above brownish or sooty-brown, banded with white on 

 the back ; head pale rufescent or yellowish-brown, scarcely 

 deepening posteriorly ; beneath white, sullied on the abdomen, 

 and with pale brown streaks throughout ; a narrow white band 

 from above the eye, down the side of the neck ; a pale brown 

 band from beneath the eye, below the white band, and another 

 faint line beginning on the sides of the neck and being gradually lost 

 in the markings of the breast. The male has a somewhat long and 

 narrow orange-red streak, beginning considerably behind the eye. 

 Bill and legs plumbeous ; orbitar skin lake ; irides pale yellow. 

 Length 5 to 5^ inches ; ext. 9^ ; wing 3 ; tail 1^ ; bill at front 

 y^^ ; tarsus j'jj ; foot 1^. 



This little Woodpecker is generally spread throughout the 

 plains of India, from the extreme South to the North-west Provin- 

 ces. It is a much smaller bird than either of the last two. 

 It is found both in the open spaces of forest-jungle, in thin 

 tree-jungle, and not unfrequently in wooded dist^'icts, in groves, 

 gardens, and avenues. It frequents the branches of trees chiefly, 

 both large and small ; and, though it often climbs, it also fre- 

 quently hops about from branch to branch, picking up various 

 small insects and their larva. 



