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



XL VIII. — On three apparently New Species of lyngipicus. 

 By Edward Hargitt. 



Among the many races and species of lyngipicus which 

 have come under ray notice^ there are three which I consider 

 of sufficient importance to be worthy of the attention of 

 ornithologists^ and to he distinct from those ah'eady named. 



Of these the first is apparently a thoroughly distinct and 

 good species^ and is of especial interest as coming from 

 North-east Borneo. It resembles in general coloration and 

 certain characters lyngipicus temniincki from Celebes, being 

 an olive-backed bird. It may be briefly described as 

 follows : — 



Iyngipicus ramsayIj sp. n. 

 /. similis /. temmincM, sed pauUo major; subtus flavo clare 

 lavatus ; prsecipue remigibus rectricibusque concoloribus 

 et fascia occipitali lata scarlatina, hand interrupta, et 

 dorso baud fasciato, fascia quoque superciliari alba ad 

 latera colli producta distinguendus : long, tota 5*5, culm. 

 0*75, alee 3*2, caudse 1*3, tarsi 06. 

 Hab. In Borneo septentrionali-orientali. Typus in mus. 

 R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay. 



The second species has already been alluded to by Lord 

 Tweeddale in his paper on the birds collected by Mr. Everett 

 in Zamboanga and Basilan (P.Z. S. 1878, p. 943; 1879, p. 69); 

 he, however, refrained from giving it a name. As I hope 

 to be able to show later on (in a synopsis of the genus 

 lyngipicus), I. validirostris of Blyth is the same as /. macu- 

 latus (Scop.) ; and I therefore consider that the species from 

 Zamboanga and Basilan requires another title, as follows : — 



Iyngipicus fulvifasciatus, sp. n. 

 /. similis /. maculato, Gm., ex insula Luzonica, sed cauda 

 fulvescente, nigro late transfasciata, uropygio fulvescente, 

 vix maculato, occipite macula utrinque lata notato 

 distinguendus : long, tota 5'5, culm. 0*75, alse 3'25, 

 caudse 1'45, tarsi 0"6. 



