423 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



bastard- wing and primary-coverts black ; edge of wing black, 

 spotted with white ; quills black, the outer webs of the pri- 

 maries partially or entirely margined with olive and spotted 

 with white, those of the secondaries entirely olive, with only 

 the faintest indication of a lighter spotting or partial barring ; 

 inner webs of all spotted with white, shafts black ; tail and 

 tail-shafts black; nasal plumes a mixture of dusky brown 

 and white ; forehead and crown brown, becoming black on 

 the occiput, the forehead and outer edge of the crown striped 

 with white ; nape black, varied with white ; lores, sides of 

 the face and neck, chin, and throat white; an auricular 

 stripe of olive-black, and from behind the cheek (running onto 

 the side of the chest) an indication of another stripe, the 

 bases of the feathers showing olive-black, the tips being 

 white ; chest olive-black ; the remainder of the underparts, 

 including the under tail-coverts, dusky olive, spotted with 

 white or dingy yellowish white; under surface of the tail 

 blackish brown, shafts brown ; under wing-coverts black, 

 spotted and barred with white; axillaries barred black and 

 white ; underside of wing-shafts brown. Total length 7"0 

 inches, culmen 1"15, wing 4"3 (the measurement of tail can- 

 not be given, as the new central feathers are only growing), 

 tarsus 0'75 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*55, outer 

 posterior 0'63, inner anterior 0*42, inner posterior 0*3. 



Young male. Above, including scapulars, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, deep olive, the latter rather brighter; wing- 

 coverts deep olive, with a few dirty white spots ; bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts blackish brown ; quills brownish 

 black, the primaries partially or entirely margined with 

 olive, the outermost being minutely spotted with white ; 

 outer webs of the secondaries entirely olive ; inner webs of 

 all spotted with white ; tail and tail-shafts black ; forehead 

 and crown brown, the feathers of the latter tipped with 

 saffron-yellow ; occiput and nape black ; lores white ; outer 

 edge of the crown striped with white ; sides of the face and 

 neck white, partly striped with black, the cheeks being 

 uniform; an auricular stripe of brownish black; chin and 

 throat white, slightly varied with dusky stripes ; from the 



