208 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on [Ibis, 



(4) Tiga javanensis exsul. 



Tiga juvanensis e.rsul Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. 1901, p. 50: 

 Bali. 



Hartert divides this bird from other races on two cha- 

 racters : (1) the excessive cross-bairiiig' below, and (2) the 

 red patch on the nape of the female. The only female in 

 the British Museum has no red nape, atid the male does not 

 seem to he distinguishable from other Javan birds. Ou the 

 other hand, the specimens in the Tring Museum certainly 

 seem distinct, and all three females in this collection have 

 the red patch quite apparent. 



Habitat. Bali, ? Java. 



(5) Tiga javanensis intermedia. 



Picus iniermedius Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 193 : Arrakan. 



Like typical T. j. javanensis, but larger. Tlie average 

 wing-measurement of 159 birds from the whole area is 

 144*4 mm., and from the table given above it will be seen 

 that this is practically the same as that for birds between 

 10° and 12° in the extreme south of the range. 



Habitat. Cachar and hills south of the Brahmapootra. 

 Manipur, and the whole of Burma north of 10°, Siani, 

 Shan States, and Yunnan. Blytli's tyi)e was from north 

 Arrakan. 



(6) Tiga javanensis rubropygialis. 



Picus rubropygialis Malh. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 400 : Bengal. 



Chrysunotus erythropygius Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. 

 pt. ii. 1863, p. 17'6 : South India. 



Maiherbe describes his type as coming from Bengal, and 

 Jerdon misquotes him as describing it from Bangalore. 

 This Woodpecker is, however, very rare in Bengal proper, 

 and the specimen in question may possibly have come from 

 southern Orissa, often mistermed Bengal in ulden days, when 

 indeed it formed part of that Presidency. The southern 

 portion of Bengal as represented by Orissa has an entirely 

 southern Indiau avifauna, and this form of Woodjiecker is 

 found there more frequently than in the north. 



