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nomelena. The coloration of the back is precisely the same; the wings 
are dusky. Primaries and secondaries edged with olive-brown; shoul- 
der and wing-coverts broadly tipped with ochraceous. The under parts 
are much lighter than cyanomelena, the throat and belly being pure 
white or pale yellowish, while the breast alone is suffused with ochra- 
ceous and has dusky margins to the feathers. 
Tist of specimens. 
Original ‘Museum 
number.! number. “°*- Locality. Date. Remarks. 
BARN eoc nj « opeils Piya yt eee aaa seen on Se June 28, 1882 
Shin | SaeeSaeeee Crags jeece~ = (UD See aetecneneee Heemar June 29, 1882 
338 88621 | fad. |...--- GO: season as weelcse dcloa ok June 29, 1882 
6h ON eee WiGuade |lsne= se GOR eos tea a teincs temas June 29, 1882 
atl |S aes Hic tAGs” oacees Gow censut ieee . .---| June 29, 1882 
5 0 Ee ea grad. | sas Coe eee ee mouse June 30, 1882 
Aimee ree en quad. | (ok. = Hos asse oes ataceeee ce | Suly 3, 1882 
Ti eeeessece | UV. fese5e CS Ae Races ab cea | July 6, 1882 
ET eS eee ONads Rete Ones A seat a us | July 6, 1882 
AAO Me SeG2ON nl oad. |acnses 7 (eee «rae eg mn July 6,1882 
LG) | eee are wads wesses. Ghee aa eh ee as ....-| July 6,1882 Iris brown. 
BOO Mei eat sco. Cuada ‘Wiasee. Gat ee ee aS | July 10, 1882 
His! | se GS4Se555 I jh aan Gees QOs-c5-2e esc omesnese | July 11, 1882 | 
OCR) Seen Gage essen: Tega nee pe eee ene July 11, 1882 
Chel ey ea Oatley open sre MO see issn stantial stares vlate July 11, 1882 
Gage luiek a... at ence dussead silty eos te | July 14, 1882 | 
Hah | eae ead: jeoosa. DOS scsc cet cemnce cee | July 14, 1882 
SHAG | eae aS ei atee ees oe GOs. sass ees: | July 14, 1882 
5IS’ | 88622. 1.9 ad. |..<--. GOe . 2s aneene ase July 14, 1882 
WM || 2A a36 ee Owtas Pieccen@Owe sec sot lel ee | July 14, 1882 | 
Te Ba Saeeeeaee umes Ne ecase Ci ee aa eee eee | July 18, 1882 
Ges 9 OU ae i er aan “ite ae EUS | July 18, 1882 | 
BIZ sence a= > Or ad?! |p<o55 DON Saerek seta ceisoa oe = | July 20, 1882 
Pam aa OuaG:) jose 2 LO ee sone eh | Suly 30, 1882 | 
625 88623 Os ee et GO wees eee ees Cee | July 30, 1882 
719 91380 | ¢ juv. Tate-Yama, Shinshiu...... | Oct. 26, 1882 
Picus leuconotus Bechst. Blakiston, ‘Ibis,’ 1862, p. 325: Whitely, ‘Ibis,’ 1867, 
p. 195: Swinhoe, ‘Ibis,’ 1875, p. 451: Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soe. 
Japan, Vol. X. Pt. I. p. 133. 
Only met with at Chiusenji Lake, where it did not seem to be com- 
“mon. 
List of specimens. 
Original Museum 
Sen beeel Gum bers Sex. Locality. Date. | Remarks. 
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we a eee acre Bett ae sly le Be 
649 91326 2 chiens Lake. . ...---| Aug. 31, 1882 | 
Up, i 2 Diesecre. sek etecas Aug. 31, 1882 Le 
Picus major japonicus (L.) Seebohm. Blakiston, ‘Ibis,’ 1862, p. 325: Whitely, 
‘Ibis,’ 1867, p. 195: Swinhoe, ‘Ibis,’ 1875, p. 451: Seebohm, ‘Ibis,’ 1879, p. 29: 
Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, Vol. X. Pt. I. p. 132. 
This is the commonest woodpecker in the mountains. 
Specimens vary considerably in the amount of white in the wings 
and in the markings of the tail feathers. In one example the barring 
of the tail is almost obsolete, and in most of our specimens only the 
two centra! tail feathers are entirely black. This peculiarity has been 
remarked on before, but in a large series of specimens from Shinshiu 
