464 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



lowish olivej barred witli dusky olive, each feather having a 

 diamond-shaped spot of white, and at the tip a narrow shaft- 

 streak or spot of yellow; wing-coverts dusky olive, with 

 narrow shaft-streaks and a few diamond-shaped spots of 

 white ; quills dusky, the outer webs partially or entirely yel- 

 lowish olive, with numerous small patches or narrow bars of 

 dull yellowish white, the inner webs having square patches 

 or deep notches of white or huffy white along the margin, 

 the light markings forming bars upon some of the inner- 

 most secondaries, which have also a spot near the tip and a 

 shaft-streak of whitish, shafts light yellow ; upper tail-coverts 

 golden yellow, barred with olive ; tail golden olive-brown, 

 the central feathers obliquely barred, from the margin down- 

 wards, with golden buff, the remainder transversely barred 

 with a paler shade of the same ; dwarf feather more olive, 

 barred with yellowish white ; shafts golden yellow, washed 

 with olive-brown at the tip ; forehead, crown, and occipital 

 crest crimson, bases of the feathers leaden grey ; lores, a 

 stripe under the eye, and one from behind the upper part of 

 the same, huffy white ; ear-coverts white, finely streaked witli 

 black; sides of the face and neck white, minutely spotted 

 with black; a broad crimson moustache, bases of the fea- 

 thers dark leaden grey ; chin, throat and fore neck white, the 

 former very sparingly spotted, the latter closely covered with 

 minute black spots ; from the chest to the under tail-coverts, 

 inclusive, pale yellow, spotted with black, the spots being 

 numerous on the chest and breast ; the abdomen nearly 

 uniform ; flanks barred with black ; under wing-coverts buffy 

 white, with a slight yellow tinge, and spotted with black ; 

 axillaries buffy white. Total length 8*0 inches, culmen 

 1"15, wing 4'5, tail 2"25, tarsus 0"9; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0*67, outer posterior 0*6, inner anterior 0*47, 

 inner posterior 0'3. 



Young male. Like the adult, but having the back and 

 scapularies of a less rich yellowish olive ; shafts of quills not 

 so yellow ; the tail rich in colour, as in the adult of both 

 sexes, but the barring of golden buff on the central pair of 

 feathers running obliquely from the shafts downwards; fore- 



