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grey transverse bars near the base. Qnills brownish black ; 

 all the primaries except the first with broad white margins ; 

 basal portion of outer web of secondaries, except the five 

 nearest the body, white, with a blue spot at the further end of 

 the white portion and blue bands near the wing ; last secon- 

 dary but four with blue, black, and white bands near the base 

 of the outer web ; last but three blackish brown throughout, 

 the last three with an increasing amount of ferruginous brown, 

 restricted to the outer web in all but the last, in wliich it ex- 

 tends over both webs and only the tip of the feathers is black. 

 Wing-coverts as in G.glandarius, those of the primaries banded 

 blue and black. Chin and throat rufous white passing gra- 

 dually into the rufous of the breast and abdomen, which are 

 nearly of the same colour as the back. Vent and lower tail- 

 coverts white. 



PlCUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS, Sp. UOV. 



P. affinis P. medio, sed pileo minus roseo, pectore albo haud 

 fulvo, abdomine medio flavo, crisso subcaudalibusque solis 

 coccineis, pectoris lateribus abdonrineque striis nigris an- 

 gustioribus signatis ; rectricibus extimis fascia unica alba, 

 mediocri transversa, nee duabus latis notatis, penultimis 

 extus albo maculatis, haud fasciatis, reliquis omnino ni- 

 gris ; remigibus e contrario maculis albis majoribus sig- 

 natis. Long, alae 4*75, caudse 2*75, tarsi 0*8, rostri a 

 fronte 1, poll. Angl. et dec. 

 Hab. in quercetis prope urbem Shiraz, in Persia meridionali, 

 ad alt. circa 4000-7000 ped. Angl. supra mare. 

 Crown of the head scarlet, less crimson than in P. medius ; 

 forehead, lores, and sides of the head, including the feathers 

 above the eye, white, with a slight isabelline tinge, which is 

 more pronounced on the forehead ; ear-coverts greyish, with 

 a greyish white band passing from behind them to the side of 

 the breasts, in front of which is a sooty black band, rather 

 irregular in form, terminating in an imperfect pectoral gorget. 

 Nape brownish black, back brown, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts brownish black, the former and the lower back mixed 

 with dark ashy grey, from the bases of the feathers showing. 

 Tail dull black, without any white on the six central feathers, 

 the penultimate pair with two white spots on the outer and 



