On some new Species of Picidse. 229 



I am disposed to think, and in this view I am supported 

 by Mr. Seebohm, that the Zosterops of the Loo Choo Islands 

 ought to be separated from Z. simplex, with which Mr. See- 

 bohm (Ibis, 18^, p. 234^) identified it, at least as a subspecies 

 or variety. I have examined in his and my own collections 

 fourteen specimens, and they all agree very closely in dimen- 

 sions ; but among the enormous series of Z. simplex in 

 Mr. Seebohm's collection amassed by Swinhoe, we could 

 only find a single specimen approaching in size that from the 

 Loo Choos. 1 should therefore, for the present, prefer to 

 distinguish it as Z. simplex, var. loochooensis , giving the 

 dimensions as follows : — Total length 4-5 inches, wing 2*35- 

 2*4, tail 1*75, tarsus 0*72, culmen 0*52. The coloration in no 

 way dilFers from that of the continental bird, save, perhaps, 

 in being somewhat deeper in tint. 



- XXI. — Notes on Woodpeckers. — No. XVI. On some new 

 Species o/Picidae. By Edward Hargitt, F.Z.S. 



The object of this short paper is simply to record some 

 Picidce which I consider entitled to rank as new species. 

 Many of them have been known to me for some time, and 

 I now deem it advisable not to delay the publication of 

 brief diagnoses of their specific characters. 



-^ 1. PiCUMNUS FLAVIFRONS, Sp. U. 



^ ad. Similar to P. aurifrons, but differs in having the 

 underparts below the chest spotted (not striped) with black, 

 those feathers on the top of the head which are not tipped 

 with yellow being deep black spotted with pure white. 



$ jr. Has the top of the head, occiput, and nape dusky 

 brown striped with white, the breast and abdomen being '^ 

 striped with dusky brownish-olive. It is almost identical 

 with the young of P. aurifrons. 



Both these specimens were obtained by Mr. Edward Bart- 

 lett at Sarayacu, Peru, upon the 17tli of July 1865, and they 

 are evidently the adult and young of the same species. The 

 types are in the British Museum. 



