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(2) Length 4°8. Nocrest. Males with a vermilion 
streak on side of occiput. 
Tyngipicus gymnophthalmus (The Ceylon Pigmy 
Woodpecker). 
C.—Mantle dull rufous-brown barred with black. Feathers 
below the eye in males tipped with crimson. 
Micropternus gularis (The Malabar Rufous Wood- 
pecker). 
D.—Mantle wholly or in part either crimson or yellow. 
(az) Bill about 1°5; jaws, throat, and fore-neck 
black speckled with white. Genus Brachypternus. 
(1) Mantle yellow or orange, crest crimson. 
Forehead and crown in, males black tipped with 
crimson, in females black with white spots. 
B. aurantius (Golden-backed Woodpecker). 
(2) Mantle and crest crimson, bill blackish. 
Forehead and crown in males black tipped with 
crimson, in females black with white spots. 
B. erythronotus (Red-backed Woodpecker). 
(b) Bill about 2; jaws, throat, and fore-neck white 
with five longitudinal black stripes. Genus 
Chrysocolaptes. 
(1) Wing coverts golden, a white triangular patch 
on hind-neck and upper back. Crest crimson in 
males, yellow in females. 
C. festivus (The Black-backed Woodpecker). 
(2) Mantle crimson, bill greenish-white. Crown 
and crest crimson in males, black with white 
spots in females. 
C. stricklandi (Layard’s Woodpecker). 
