298 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



Brachjpterniis ceylonus* fipjured in my Illustrations of Indian 

 Ornitholoo-y, has the back and wings dull crimson. It Is common 

 in the Southern part of Ceylon, and may yet be found in Travan- 

 core ; and there is another species also found there, Bn Stricklandi, 

 Layard, perhaps the B. riifescens, of Vieillot. 



Gen. Chrysonotus, Swamson. 



Syn. — Tiga, Kaup : Brachypternopicus, Malh. 



Char. — Bill much as in Brachi/pternus, but slightly more curved 

 above, and having a trace of a lateral ridge near the base of the 

 culmen ; the sides less compressed ; posterior toe, also, shorter than 

 the anterior ; inner hind-toe wanting ; 4th quill longest ; tail rather 

 long, with the central feathers longest. 



This is a small group belonging to India and Malayana, distin- 

 guished by having only three toes, and the plumage much as in the 

 last, but with the lower back rich crimson, as in Chrysocolaptes 

 sultaneus and the Brachypterni, instead of black. 



183. Chrysonotus Shorei, Vigors. 

 PIcus, apud Vigors, P. Z. S., 1831 — Gould, Cent. Him. Birds, 

 pi. 49 — Blyth, Cat. 253 — Horsf., Cat. 954 — Jerdon, 2nd Suppl. 

 Cat. 215 bis. 



The Large Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Head and crest crimson in the male, and in the female 

 black with pale whitish long and narrow medial streaks to the fea- 

 thers; forehead and lorese arthy-brown; back of theneck black; back, 

 scapulars, and wings, golden-fulvous, with more or less of a crimson 

 tinge ; rump fine crimson; upper tail-coverts and tail black ; primaries 

 dusky-black; the inner webs of all the wing-feathers with large round 

 white spots ; beneath, the chin, middle of the throat, and breast, 

 pale earthy-brown ; the rest white, with black central marks on the 

 feathers; a black line from behind the eye joining the back of the 

 nape, and enclosing a post-orbital white line ; a second narrow 

 black streak from the base of the lower mandible, extendmg along 

 the sides of the neck. 



Bill blackish-slaty ; legs plumbeous ; irides crimson. 



* There is a near resemblance of colouring between the JBrachypternus ceylonus, 

 and the Philippine C/irt/socolaptes kcBmatribon, 



