172 Mr. E. Hargitt's Notes on Woodpeckers. 



think, indicates that N. terricolor and N. goldii are at least 

 distinct snbspecies ; and as both have been obtained in South- 

 eastern New Guinea, they can probably hardly be considered 

 merely two geographical I'aces of Ninox terricolor. 



XIX. — Notes on Woodpeckers. — No. III. Descriptions of 

 two new Species of Woodpeckers. By Edward Hargitt, 

 F.Z.S. 



Of the two new species which I propose describing in tiiis 

 pa[)er, the first willj I think, possess great interest for all 

 students of European ornithology, as the bird is a new form 

 of our Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Picus minor. Upon an 

 examination of the series of this bird belonging to Mr. Henry 

 Seebohm (to whom I am indebted for the loan of all the 

 specimens of Picidse in his magnificent Paleearctic collection) 

 I observed a character in the Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers 

 collected by Mr. Danford in Asia Minor which I consider 

 merits for them a separate title ; and in this Mr. Seebohm 

 agrees with me. The types were obtained at Zebil and 

 Gozna, Taurus, by Mr. Danford ; and the leading feature dis- 

 tinguishing the bird (Avhich I propose to call Picus danfordi) 

 from P. minor is, that in the former the branch from the 

 black moustachial stripe entirely encircles the face and joins 

 the occiput, whilst in P. minor it does not proceed further 

 than the upper line of the ear-coverts, and is separated from 

 the occiput by a white stripe. I have examined a large sex'ies 

 of the Asia-Minor bird in Mr. Seebohm's collection, and also 

 specimens in that of Mr. Dresser ; and the specific characters 

 hold good throughout. P. danfordi ranges into Greece and 

 Turke}', from both of which countries are specimens in the 

 collection of Mr. Dresser. I therefore propose the following 

 diagnosis for the Asia-Minor bird. 



Picus danfordi, sp. n. 

 P. similis P. minori, sed fascia genali nigra post regionem 

 paroticam producta et cum occipite conjuncta distiu- 



