1877.] DISTEICT or LAMPONG, S.E. SUMATEA. 481 



24. YUNGIPICUS FUSCO-ALBIDUS. 



Picus variegatus, Latham, apud Wagler, Syst. Av. Picus, no. 27 (1827), noc Lath. 



Yungipicns fusco-albidus, Salvadori, t. c. p. 42 (1874). 



Picus sondaicus, Wallace, Gray, Hand-1. no. 8589 (1870) ; Salvadori, i^. c. p. 43, note, " Java.'' 



Mr. Buxton's Sumatran series of this small Woodpecker consists of examples undistinguishable 

 from Malaccan and Javan individuals. Wagler described the species from Javan examples only 

 {co7if. Cab. Mus. Ilein. iv. ii. p. 54, note) ; but he adopted for it Latham's (Gmelin's) title of 

 Picus variegatus, bestowed on a South-American Woodpecker, and Count Salvadori has therefore 

 superseded the title by a new one (/. c). The title P. sondaicus, Wallace, is founded solely on 

 the Javan bird, and must fall, no description having accompanied the title when first published. 

 Whatever Picus mohiccensis, Gm. (ex PI. Enl. 748. f. 2), may be, it cannot apply to Y.fusco- rbis, i^'TT, 

 albidus ; for the bird figured by D'Aubenton is without any mandibular stripes. 



25. Hemicekcus sordidus. 



PendroGopus sordidus, Eyton, Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. xvi. p. 229, " Malacca" (1845). 

 Hemicercus hrookeanus, Salvadori, Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. iii. p. 525, "Borneo" (1868); Ucc. 

 Born. p. 44. 



Hemicercus concretus (Heinw.), apud Salvadori, ex Borneo, Ucc. Born. p. 47, nee Reinw. 



Mr. Buxton's series consists of three males and two females. These last are undistinguishable 

 from Javan (P. concretus ? ) and Malaccan examples in the plumage of the female. One male 

 is adult, and is identical with adult males from Malacca — that is, with the crest on the crown of 

 the head deep crimson, the postoccipital crest-plumes being dark greyish olive. A second 

 example, that of a young male, has the whole of the crown and all the crest-plumes dingy reddish 

 buff or yellowish red. The third is intermediate, the coronal plumes being almost all pure 

 crimson, and the postoccipital plumes passing over from the reddish tawny colour to olive-grey. 

 I possess Malaccan skins which match these three Sumatran males. In all the under surface is 

 dark olive-grey. The coronal plumes in other Malaccan examples of young males are ruddy buff, 

 while the elongated occipital crest-feathers are all flame-red, with a yellowish-buff shaft-line and 

 tip to each plume. In another Malaccan male the postoccipital plumes are dark greyish olive, 

 while the coronal feathers are mixed bright crimson and pale ruddy buff. 



The adult male of //. concretus (Reinw.), ex Java (PI. Col. 90. f. 1), differs from II. sordidus 

 by having the entire crest crimson, although not of so dark a shade as in //. sordidus. The 

 occurrence of this species beyond Java rests on no good authority. It is figured by Malherbe 

 (Picidse, t. 41. f. 5) under the title of Ilicrojncus hartlauhi. The curious fact that in H. sordidus 

 (S , when immature, the wliole crest is buffy flame-coloured (anyhow the postoccipital crest) — 

 and that as the bird reaches maturity the flame-coloured postoccipital crest becomes olive-grey, ibis, 1877, 

 not having been recognized, has led to some confusion. P' " 



26. Sasia abnormis. 



Picumnus abnormis, Temm. PI. Col. 371. f. 3, "Java" (1825). 



Malaccan and Bornean examples in no respect differ from the Sumatran individuals in 

 Mr. Buxton's collection. 



