176 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 



Davison, in writing of this species, observes, " Sparingly- 

 spread through the Wynaad, Mysore, and the Nilghiris ; a 

 few pairs are always to be found in the forests about Oota- 

 caniund, but it is rarer at that elevation than lower down." 

 Fairbank obtained it on the Palani Hills at Periur. Of the 

 range of this species in Ceylon an interesting account is 

 given by Col. Legge in his admirable work on the birds of 

 that island. This species is, according to Mr. Inglis, " very 

 common in North-eastern Cachar during the cold wdnter 

 months, and also often seen in the rains. '^ I am inclined to 

 think that this species also ranges into Assam, as there is in 

 the British Museum a specimen collected by McClelland in 

 that country, which I take to be G. striolatus. Mr. Oates, 

 in treating of this species (B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 50), writes, 

 '' As far as I have observed it in British Burmah, seems con- 

 fined to the Prome and Thayetmyo districts, where it is very 

 abundant." Mr. Blanford, however, obtained it in the Irra- 

 waddy.delta, and Lord Tweeddale received it from Tonghoo. 

 I have every reason to believe that this species also occurs in 

 Siam, as the British Museum collection contains a specimen 

 obtained at Pitchaburree by M. Pierre in August 1868, which, 

 I thiuk, must be referred to the present species. It is a young 

 bird, but certainly neither G. vittatus nor G. viridanus, 

 judging by its barred tail, and is unlike G. occ'qntalis in 

 having the underparts striated, though faintly, and I hardly 

 think I do wrong in considering it to be the young of G. 

 striolatus. 



13. Gecinus puniceus. 



Picus puniceiis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. pt. 1, p. 176 

 (1821) ; Kaffl. torn. cit. pt. 2, p. 289 (1822) ; Lath. Hist. B. 

 iii. p. 362 (1822) ; Temm. PL Col. ccccxxiii. (1827) ; Wagl. 

 (pt.) Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 96 (1827) ; id. Isis, 1829, p. 518; 

 Yig. Mem. Raffl. p. 668 (1830) ; Less. Traite, i. p. 222 (1831); 

 Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 58 (1866) ; Giebel, Thes. Orn. 

 iii. 175 (1876). 



Picus yularis, Wagl. Syst. Av. Add. Picus, sp. no. 6 (nee 

 no. 89), ? (1827). 



