58 Mr. E. Hargitt on three new 



The preceding table gives a complete list of all the speci- 

 mens I have been able to examine, with measurements and 

 other details. Dr. Biittikofer has supplied me with those of 

 the Leyden specimens. 



Geographical Distribution ofV. minor. 

 Korea. 



Japan (Mus. Lugd.). Nagasaki (Petersen). 

 Fokien and Swatow (see list above) . 



Tamsiii/ Harbour, Formosa (Swinhoe, Ibis, 18G4, Nos. 2, 

 3j and 4) . 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Figs. 1 & 1a. PlataJeu mrlanor/iipic/ui, immature. Queensland. 



Figs. 2 & 2a. Platalca intermedia, c? nearly adult. New Guinea (t^'pe). 



Figs. 3 & 3a. P/ft/w/ea «n'«o/-, 5 immature. Tamsuy Harbour. (Swiuhoe, 



No. 3.) 

 Fig. 4. Platalea mclanurhyncha, S adult. Moreton Bay. 

 Fig. 5. Platalea melanorkyncha, young. Moreton Bay. 

 Fig. (3. Platalea tm72or, (^ adult. Tamsuy Harbour. (Swinlioe, No. 4.) 



!~ IV. — Notes on Woodpeckers. — No. XV. On three new 

 American Species. By Edward Hargitt, F.Z.S. 



The following species have been known to me for some time, 

 but I have delayed describing them until I had become better 

 acquainted with the genera to which they belong. After a 

 careful examination of the Picidte in the British Museum, 

 and also in the Salvin-Godman and the Sclater collections, 

 I am more than ever convinced of their being quite distinct 

 from any known species, and I no longer hesitate to describe 

 them as new to science. I append a brief diagnosis of each 

 of them. 

 -f 1. Campophilus splendens, sp. n. 



- ■ Similar to C . ha;matog aster ,h\xX differs in having the whole 



of the neck and the throat, in a line with the end of the 



) malar region (or even higlici-), crimson, this colour also 



tippiiig the posterior malar feathers ; the light bars on the 



quills arc yellow and nuioli broaiU'r, uiid a{)[)roaoh nearer to 



