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171. Gecinus striolatus, Blyth. 



J. A. S. XIL, 1000— Blyth, Cat. 261— Horsf., Cat. 962— 

 Bracliylophus squamatus, apud Jeedon, Cat. 210 — 2nd Suppl. 

 Cat. 210 — B. xantliopygvis, HoDGS. — G. xanthopygius, Bonap. 

 The Small Green Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Head and upper parts like those of G. squamatus, but tlie 

 colours brighter ; forehead and lores whitish, mixed with black ; 

 a small white eyebrow, with a black line above it, which is lost on 

 the hind-head ; ear-coverts mixed black and white ; cheek-stripe in- 

 conspicuous, with a white line above it ; entire under-parts whitish, 

 streaked with dusky-green, more or less dark on the breast, 

 and always greenish-black on the belly ; on the throat and fore- 

 neck, the feathers have each a mesial dusky-black line, widening 

 on the breast, and dividing and becoming scale-like lower on the 

 abdomen ; caudal bars almost obsolete, except on the middle pair, 

 and on the exterior web of the outermost pair in some specimens. 

 Head crimson in the male ; black in the female. 



Bill horny above, yellowish at the base and beneath ; feet 

 greenish-slaty ; irides pink, surrounded by a white circle. Length 

 11^ inches ; extent 17 ; wing 5j ; tail 3f ; bill at front \~ ; foot 

 nearly 2^. 



This species differs from the last in being smaller and brighter- 

 coloured, has the cheek-stripe less marked, and the scale-like 

 markings of the abdominal feathers are less conspicuous, besides 

 ascending up the breast. 



The Small Green Woodpecker is found in the Himalayas, and in 

 Central and Southern India. I have seen it in Malabar ; in low 

 jungle close to the sea-coast ; in bushy ground on the Neilgherrics, 

 tolerably abundant, as also on the Eastern Ghats. In the vicinity 

 of Calcutta occurs rarely. It not unfrequently descends to the 

 ground and feeds there, and often takes refuge on the horizontal 

 branches of trees. 



172. Gecinus occipitalis, Vig. 



Picus, apud Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830 — Gould, Cent. Him. Birds, 

 pi. 47— Blyth, Cat. 2G3— Horsf., Cat. 903— Pic. barbutus, Gray 



