6 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 



(except the apical portion of the pri- 

 maries) crimson. 



k^. Malar stripe crimson ptmiceus, S ad. 



P. Without malar stripe puniceus, 5 ad. 



f'^. Wing-coverts and quills green externally, 

 the outer webs with a broad stripe of dull 

 red running parallel with the shaft. 

 m^. Crown, occiput, and malar stripe 



crimson chloriy aster, S ad. 



n^. Occiput (only) crimson ; no red malar 



stripe chlorigaster, $ ad. 



g^. Wing-coverts entirely green. 



0^. Base of the forehead, and a stripe bor- 

 dering the forehead and occiput, and 

 slightly indicated on the edge of the 

 crown, crimson, this colour sometimes 

 spreading on to the lower central fea- 

 thers of the occiput; malar stripe red. cMoroluplms, J ad. 

 p^. Occiput (only) bordered with crimson ; 



no red malar stripe chlorolophus, 5 ad. 



b. Rump red ; chin, throat, sides of the neck, and 

 the upper chest yellow ; underparts with 

 dusky squamate markings ; head black, with 

 or without a yellow or yellowish-white stripe 

 behind the eye. 



e'. Crown i-ed erythropygius, S ad. 



d}. Without red crown erythropygius, 5 ad. 



1. Gecinus occipitalis. 



F'lcus occipitalis, Vig. P. Z. S. 1830, p. 8 ; Gould, Cent. B. 

 Himal. M. pi. xlvii. (1832) ; McClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 165 ; 

 Blytli, J. A. S. B. X. p. 922 (1841) ; id. op. cit. xii. p. 1002 

 (1843); id. op. cit. xiv. p. 191 (1845); Simdev. Consp. Av. 

 Picin. p. 61 (1866) ; Giebel, Thes. Om. iii. p. 171 (1876). 



Picus barbatus, Gray, Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. i. pi. xxxi. 

 fig. 2, ? (1830-32). 



Malacolophus occipitalis, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 308 

 (1837). 



Brachylophus occipitalis, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus. 

 nos. 149, 150 ((? ? ) ; id. in Gray's Misc. p. 85 (1844). 



Gecinus occipitalis, Gray, Cat. Maram. &c. Nepal pres. 

 Hodgs. p. 116 (184()) ; id. Gen. B. ii. p. 438 (1846); 



