482 Mr. F. W. Styan on the Birds of 



162. Picus CABANisi, Malh. 



(73.) Picus mandarinus, Gould ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 391. 



A common species all along the Yangtse Valley, especially 

 on the lower wooded slopes of the mountain-ranges. They are 

 also found on the cultivated plains, and among the mulberry- 

 trees round Kahing are very abundant. In common with 

 other Woodpeckers, they are fond of tallow-trees, in the 

 rough bark of which insects most abound. A pair nested in 

 a willow in my garden at Kiukiang one year, in a hole about 

 20 feet from the ground ; the young left the nest on 29th 

 May. The old birds were very fearless, and would allow one 

 to approach within a few feet. They picked up a good deal 

 of their food on the grass lawn. 



This species has a marked inclination to assume a white 

 rump. In addition to the Foochow specimen, already noted 

 (Ibis, 1887, p. 229), I have seen one shot at Shanghai with a 

 considerable amount of white edging to the rump-feathers, 

 and another with a slight trace of the same. 



163. Iyngipicus scintilliceps (Swinhoe) . 



(79.) Fairly plentiful; mostly found in hilly country. 

 In my series of this species the barring of the outer rec- 

 trices varies much : in some it is hardly visible ; in others 

 it is very distinct and dark. The crown of the head also is 

 variable ; in two specimens it is almost black, with only a 

 faint tinge of grey towards the forehead. 



164. Gecinus guerini (Malh.) . 



(83.) Common all along the Yangtse Valley. 



165. PicuMNUS chinensis (Hargitt). 



(87.) Not common; but I have obtained two at Kiu- 

 kiang and one near Kahing. 



Order COCCYGES. 

 Fam. UpupidvE. 



166. Upupa epops, L. 



(126.) Scattered thinly over the country, and met with 

 throughout the year. 





