166 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 



species is confined to the neighbourhood of Jurrum and Klang, 

 Salangore, or whether it extends from Siam, down the whole 

 eastern half of the I'eninsula, and ascends the western half 

 as far as the places where Mr. Davison procured his speci- 

 mens. If this be the case, it is very remarkable that it has 

 not been obtained in the more southerly portions of the pen- 

 insula. That this species inhabits Sumatra, is, I think, proved 

 by the description and figures of Raffies's Picus nffinis, 

 which is evidently G. vittatus. It is probably rare in that 

 island, as it has not been recorded by any subsequent writer. 

 The species appears to be fairly common in Java, in which 

 island the type was obtained. Malherbe, in his monograph, 

 states that it is found in Borneo, but he gives no authority, 

 and I agree with Count Salvadori that the statement 

 requires confirmation. If it exists in the island, it is sur- 

 prising that none of our well-known collectors have ever 

 procured a specimen. 



11. Gecinus viridanus. 



Picus squamatus (non Vig.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. x. p. 923 

 (1841), J juv. 



Picus viridanus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1000 (1843) ; id. 

 op. cit. 1844, app. p. 394. 



Gecinus climidiatus (non Temm.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. 

 Soc. p. 58, no. 262 (1849), pt. ; Reichenb. Handb. Scans. 

 Picinse, p. 350, no. 799, pi. dcxxi. figs. 4141, 4142 (1854), 

 pt.; Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 150. 



Gecinus viridanus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 438 (1846) ; id. 

 op. cit. iii. app. p. 21 (1849) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 

 E.I. Co. ii. p. 660, no. 961 (1856-58) ; Wald. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 539; Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 163; id. & Wald. B. Burm. 

 p. 76 (1875); Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 390, no. 1909 

 (1882) ; Gates, B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 48 (1883). 



Picus vittatus (pt.), Sundev. Consp. A v. Picin. p. 59 (1866); 

 Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 186 (1876). 



Gecinus vittatus (non A^ieill.), Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 7& (1868), pt.; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 192, no. 8683 (1870), 

 pt. ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 471 ; id. & Gates, op. cit. 1875, 



