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vi. p. 108 ; Sundev., Consp. Av. Pic. p. 47, Celeopicus pyrrhotis, Malh., 

 Hon. Pic. ii. p. 37, pi. xlix., figs. 46. Blythipicus pyrrhotis, Hume, Str.F. 

 vii. p. 520; viii. p. 88. The CRIMSON-NECKED BAY WOODPECKER. 



Head dusky brown, the feathers pale shafted ; a broad crimson collar 

 round the nape of the neck, extending from ear coverts to ear coverts ; back, 

 scapulars, wings, and tail dark cinnamon or chestnut-red, transversely banded 

 throughout with black ; chin and throat pale brown, with paler shaft lines ; 

 breast, abdomen, and flanks blackish brown ; thigh coverts, vent, and under 

 tail coverts blackish or dusky brown, transversely banded with chestnut. 

 The female has not the crimson collar round the nape of the neck. Bill 

 bright yellow ; legs slaty green, tinged with yellowish ; irides red-brown. 



Length. 12 inches ; tail 4 ; wing 6 ; tarsus ri ; bill from gape 2. 



Hob. S.-E. Himalayas from Assam to Sikkim and Nepaul. Occurs also in 

 Cachar, on the Tounghoo hills, and in Tenasserim. 



1049. Venilia porphyromelas (Boie\ Hume and Dav., Sir. 



F. vi. p. 143 ; Oates, B. Br. Burnt, ii. p, 40. Picus porphyromelas, Boie, 

 Briefe geschr. Aus. Ostind. p. 143. Hemicircus rubiginosus, Swains., B. W. 

 Afr. ii. p. 150. Celeopicus porphyromelas, Malh., Mon. 'Pic. ii. p. 39, 

 pi. xlix., figs. 1 3. Lepocestes porphyromelas, Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 48. 

 Blythipicus porphyromelas, Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 88. The CRIMSON-NECKED 

 MAROON WOODPECKER. 



Whole head, chin and throat brown, darker on the crown and nape ; a large 

 bright crimson patch on each side of the nape ; cheeks in some specimens 

 tinged with red ; back and scapulars maroon, the shafts of the feathers whitish ; 

 rump and upper tail coverts brown, suffused with maroon and obscurely 

 banded with brownish w T hite; tail black, banded narrowly with brownish 

 white ; upper wing coverts maroon, the centres of the feathers more or less 

 brown, narrowly and indistinctly barred with whitish ; wings and primary coverts 

 dark brown with pale rufescent bars, the outer webs suffused with maroon ; 

 foreneck, breast and all the lower plumage blackish brown, tinged with 

 chocolate or rufous, and with a trace of maroon on the sides of the body ; 

 under tail coverts indistinctly barred with paler brown. The female has not 

 the crimson patches on the sides of the nape. (Gates) Bill yellow, tinged 

 greenish at base ; irides scarlet ; legs purplish brown. (Davison.) 



Length. 9 inches ; tail 3 ; wing 5 ; tarsus 0-9 ; bill from gape r6. 



Hab. Tenasserim, extending down the Malay Peninsula. Found also in the 

 Islands of Sumatra and Borneo. 



Gen. CallolOphllS. Sahad. 



Bill as in the last, a little wider and more compressed at the tip ; slightly 

 more curved and with the lateral ridge nearly obsolete : tail long ; claws long 

 and strongly curved. 



