170 Mr. E. Hargitt o?i the Genus Gecinus. 



green. The entirely green feathers sparingly distributed over 

 the ujDper parts are evidently new feathers. An adult male 

 from Tavoy, March 16tli {W. Davison), also in the same col- 

 lection, has the feathers composing the malar stripe white, 

 with very narrow black striations, and not, as is generally the 

 case, black with narrow white striations. There is also in 

 the Hume collection a very fine adult male of G. viridanus 

 from Mergui, November 12th (?F. Davison), which has the 

 throat and chest more uniform than usual, but the feathers 

 (those of the chest particularly) have faint dusky squamate 

 markings and striations, and in this respect it differs from 

 G. vittatus, in which species these parts are entirely uniform 

 in both young and adult birds. In the last-mentioned ex- 

 ample there are some red feathers crossing the side of the 

 neck, and a trace of red upon a few of the upper wing-coverts, 

 and likewise upon the feathers of the rump. 



This species may be distinguished from G. vittatus by its 

 striated chest and generally striated neck (in some speci- 

 mens, however, the neck is more or less uniform), the latter 

 species having the neck and chest always uniform and of an 

 ochreous yellow instead of yellowish olive or golden olive. 

 The Woodpecker now under notice differs much in its 

 general coloration, some specimens having the upper parts 

 vivid green, and the sides of the neck, the chest, and breast 

 also green ; in others the back is bright golden olive, this 

 colour also extending on to the sides of the neck, and also on 

 to the chest and breast. The habitat of this species is Pegu, 

 Tenasserim, and, as far as is at present known, extends into 

 the Malayan Peninsula as far as Salanga. Mr. Eugene Oates 

 writes, '' It is distributed over all parts of Pegu, and generally 

 abundant.^' Mr. Armstrong considers it rare in Southern 

 Pegu. It has been recorded from Schouay Goon, Salween 

 Kiver, by Lord Walden. Messrs. Hume and Davison in- 

 form us that this species is " extremely common throughout 

 Tenasserim, except the hilly portions above 3500 feet eleva- 

 tion,^^ and that '' it does not ascend the hills north of Pah- 

 poon, where it is replaced by G. nigrigenis " {erythrojjygius) . 

 Capt. Bingham says it is one of the commonest Woodpeckers 



