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scrub jungle skirting the Chota Runjeet, one would scarcely fail to 
meet a few there usually hunting a little distance from each other, 
also in some of the orange groves in Sikkim. It seem to keep much 
to thinly wooded country. It is 74 inches in length; bill plum- 
beous; irides crimson; upper plumage is black with white stripes 
and bands; head yellow ; the neck (side) stripe, brown; white about 
sides of the head, neck and breast ; breast and lower parts brown, 
crimson towards the tail; top of the head, of male bright crimson ; 
female yellow. This bird is commonly known as Mahratta Wood- 
pecker, after the country in which, it was first discovered. 
GENUS Yunaipicus. These are birds of small size, spotted and 
marked with white above; wings long; tail centre feathers length- 
ened, outer ones soft and rounded. 
(163) YuNcipeicus pyamaus, Himalayan Pigny Woodpecker. 
(162) YuNereicus RuBRICATUS, Darjeeling Pigmy Woodpecker, 
this bird is more likely to be seen in forests near Darjeeling than 
pygineus (163) though neither of these species are common. — Lahyi- 
catus in winter, seems to be more at home near rivers Big and Little 
Runjeet, more so than forests near the Teesta. Pygmeus on the 
other hand keeps much to higher altitudes. The latter species (162) 
is 54 inches long; colour, is more or less black, spotted and branded 
with white ; plumage, above, is black with cross lines; rows of white 
spots on the wings; upper tail-coverts black ; also tail, with white 
here and there; lower parts of body brownish—white with dark 
stripes. The male has crimson on the head (Occiput). These two 
species have been found only in the Himalayas (Nepal and Sikkim). 
(173) CHRYSPHOLEGMA FLAVINUCHA, Large Yellow-naped Wood- 
pecker, is another species one is more likely to see in the woods near 
Darjeeling as it is fairly plentiful in the forests. It is 14 inches in 
length, and has a longish crest, which is couspicuously marked with 
yellow ; most of the plumage, above, is yellowish green; back of the 
neck glossy yellow; about the sides of the head and throat light 
yellow ; foreneck dull green varied with white spots; breast green- 
ish; lower parts of the body grey; some of the primaries bright 
chesnut, others green, tips dark brown; wings light coloured, with 
black bars; tail black; bill bluish; irides red; orbitar skin light 
green. 
