388 Lieut. H. R. Kelhara on 



a cocoa-nut plantation on the Bukit Timah road, Singapore, 

 when a small bird flew past, and, settling on a dead cocoa-nut 

 tree, commenced running up it and searching for insects. 

 On shooting it I found I had got a tiny Woodpecker, and 

 put it down as /. canicapillus of Blyth, until Mr. Davison 

 pointed out that, instead of the whole head being grey, the 

 forehead only was of that colour. 



Length 5 inches, tarsus J, inch ; iridcs brown ; legs dull 

 green; upper parts dull broM^n, whitish on the rump, and 

 banded with white ; beneath dirty white, streaked longitudi- 

 nally with dull brown j head and cheeks dull brown, forehead 

 light brown; streak over eye extending to ear-coverts, and 

 another from gape, pure white : on each side of the back of 

 the head is a narrow but very bright orange streak. 



Hemicircus sordidus (Lyt.). 



My specimen of this heart-spotted Woodpecker was shot 

 on Gunong Pulei, Johore, 5th September, 1879. 



Meiglyptes tristis (Horsf.). 



I saw, but never shot, this Woodpecker in Perak. 



TiGA JAVANENSIS (Ljung.) . 



This Wood-pecker is not very scarce; I shot several in 

 Perak, and some few in Singapore. It frequents cocoa-nut 

 groves. 



A female, which 1 shot near Ivota Lama, Perak, on 14th 

 February 1877, measured in length 10;^ inches ; irides 

 broAvn, legs black, beak plumbeous. 



The male has a crimson crest, and is altogether more de* 

 cidedly marked than the female, the white drops on the 

 breast being very distinct and regular. 



MUELLERIPICUS PULVERULENTUS (Tcmm.). 



Mr. Davison^s collector showed me a specimen of this large 

 Woodpecker which, during June, he had shot on Gunong 

 Pulei, Johore. 



Length 20 inches ; head grey. 



TttRifoNAx jAVENsis (Horsf.). The Great Black Wood- 

 pecker. 



I found this handsome Woodpecker plentiful round Saga- 



