1 919.] Oriental Woodpeckers and Barbets 



Soulh Siaiii birds. Wings 157-171 



Bills 40- 45 

 Burma, S. to Ranioon . 23 ,, Wings 160-177 



Bills 55- 60 

 S. Burma ani Malay . 69 „ Wings 150-172 



Bills 38- 45 

 South & Central [ndia . 35 „ Wings 145-159 



Bills 38- 45 



It appears^ therefore, that there is a very large race with 

 an enormous bill found in the northern Himalayas, INIus- 

 soorie, and Nepal. 



A second, rather smaller bird in Sikkim and Assam, with 

 a relatively smaller bill. 



A third, which is about the same size, but with a larger 

 bill, in the Chin aud Shan States. 



A fourth, in Burma, very similar to that in the Chin 

 and Shan States. 



A fifth, exactly the same as the southern Indian bird, in 

 peninsular Burma and Siam and the Malay States. 



A sixth, small form with very small bill in southern and 

 south-central India. 



Of these there do not appear to be sufficient grounds for 

 dividing the second, third, and fourth from one another. 



The first stands out on account of its great size and very 

 lar^^e bill, but few birds having this latter under 60 mm. 



The fifth aud sixth are indivisible in colour or size 

 of bill. 



The following are the names available : — 



Picus yuttacristatus Tickell, J. A. S. B. ii. 1833, p. 578 : 



Borabhum, i, e. Manbhum, south-west Bengal. 

 Picus strenuus Gould, P. Z. S. 1839, j). 165 : Assam. 

 Picus sultaneus Hodgson, J.A.S.B. vi. 1837, p. 105: 



Nepal. 

 Indopicus delesserti Malherbe, jNIem. Acad. Metz, 1848, 



p. 343 : Malabar. 

 Cltrijsucolaptes g. indomalayicus Hesse, Orn. Monatsh. xix. 



1911, p. 182: Salanga. 

 Chrysociihqjles s/rictus chersonesus Kloss, Ibis, 1918, 



p. 113: Southern Johore, vide aiitea, p. 181. 



