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" It is extremely common in all large forests, and breeds from 

 the 1st May to the end of June throughout Pegu." 



Major C. T. Bingham, writing from Tenasserim, says : " On 

 the 28th April I found a nest of this Woodpecker, which was by 

 far the commonest of its tribe in the Reserve. It was merely a 

 hollow some ten feet up in the trunk of a dried Thitpouk tree 

 (Tetrameles nudiflora\ and the eggs, five in number, rested on a 

 few chips. The entrance-hole was neatly cut, and was about 2 

 inches in diameter." 



The eggs are very similar to, but usually smaller than, those of 

 Gecinus sqnamatus ; on the other hand, they are very decidedly 

 larger than those of G. striolatus. They are of course pure white, 

 and while some are only moderately glossy, others are like polished 

 alabaster. In shape they are normally broad ovals, as a rule 

 conspicuously compressed and pointed towards one end, but 

 pyriform and greatly elongated varieties are not uncommon. 



In length they vary from 0'98 to 1'35 inch, and in breadth from 

 0-83 to 0-92 inch, but they average 1-14 by 0-88 inch. 



Gecinus chlorolophus (Vieill.). The Lesser Tellow-naped 

 Woodpecker. 



Chrysophlegma chlorolophus ( F*7/.), Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 289 ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 174. 



Mr. Mandelli obtained a nest of this species on the 20th April. 

 It was a hole in a dry tree at about 14 feet from the level of the 

 ground, and contained three fresh eggs. This was at Namtchu in 

 Native Sikhim. One egg measured 1/14 by 0-72. 



The eggs are of the usual Woodpecker type, in shape somewhat 

 elongated ovals, sometimes a little broader, and then slightly pyri- 

 form, sometimes more elongated and slightly pointed towards the 

 small end. Those I have obtained have all been snow-white and 

 very glossy. 



Three eggs subsequently sent to me from Darjeeling measured 

 1-0, 1-0, and 0'99 in length, by 0-73, 0-72, and 0-74 respectively 

 in breadth. 



Gecinus nigrigenis (Hume). The Red-rumped Green 

 Woodpecker. 



Gecinus nigrigenis, Hume; Hume, Cat. no. 171 ter. 



The Red-rumped Green Woodpecker breeds in Teuasserirn. 



Major C. T. Bingham remarks : " The handsomest Woodpecker 

 in the jungles I think. All through the Thoungyeen valley it is 

 fairly common, but local. 



"In the great laterite belt covered with Eng (Dipterocarpus) 

 forest, that runs parallel to the Thoungyeen river, north of Meea- 

 wuddy, I found it plentiful ; its peculiar cry, and the rich contrast 

 of the jet-black cheeks with the yellow of the chin and throat, 

 once heard and seen, are not easily forgotten. 



