GECINUS. 447 



Length. 13 to 14 inches ; tail 5-5 ; wing 65 ; bill at front 175. 



Hab. N.-W. Himalayas to Nepaul. Breeds throughout the outer ranges 

 from March to June, on Rhododendron and Andromeda trees, generally laying 

 56 eggs, of a glossy white colour. The eggs vary from 1-14 to 1*35 inch X 

 0*9 to ro inch. 



1057- GednuS StriolatUS (Blytli), Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 287, 

 No. 171; Hume* Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 125; id., Sir. F. iii. p. 68; 

 Blyth and Wald., B . Burin, p. 76'; Anderson, Yunnan Exped. p. 585 ; 

 Legge, B. Ceylon p. 194; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 136; Cripps, 

 Sfr. F. vii. p. 262; Scully, Sir. F. viii. p. 247; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 87 ; 

 Gates, B. Br. Burm. ii, p. 49. Picus striolatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. loOO : 

 Sundev., Consp. Av. Pic. p. 60. Chloropicus striolatus, Malh., Mon. Pic. ii. 

 p. 134, pi. Ixxvii., fig. i 3. BLYTH'S STRIATED GREEN WOODPECKER. 



Forehead with a narrow black line ; rest of the head and upper parts 

 scarlet ; back, scapulars, sides of the neck, wing coverts and tertiaries green ; 

 supercilium, lores and a stripe under the eye and ear coverts whitish ; rump 

 and upper tail coverts golden yellow ; tail dusky black, the basal half of the 

 middle feathers barred with white, nearly obsolete on the others ; primaries 

 and their coverts dark brown, spotted with white on both webs ; secondaries 

 the same, but broadly margined with greenish on the outer webs ; sides of 

 the head arid ear coverts greyish brown streaked darker ; under surface 

 of the body dull green, the edges of the feathers paler and with two black 

 streaks meeting at the tip ; under wing coverts white, barred with blackish. 

 The female has the red on the head replaced by black. Bill with the upper 

 mandible horn colour, lower mandible yellow, except the horn colour tip ; 

 irides red, surrounded by a white circle ; legs olive green. 



Length. 11-5 inches ; tail 4 ; wing 5-5 ; tarsus i ; bill from gape 1*4. 



Hal. The Himalayas, especially abundant in the sub-Himalayan region 

 from Kumaon to Cashmere, and in the low jungles of the N.-W. Provinces, 

 Oudh and the Punjab. It is also recorded from Mount Aboo in Guzerat. It 

 extends throughout the Indo-Burmese countries, the hill tracts of Eastern 

 Bengal, South India, and nearly the whole continent of India down to Ceylon. 

 Breeds in the Dhoons, and almost everywhere it is found. Eggs similar to 

 those of the last. 



1058. GecillUS OCCipitaliS (Vigors}, Jcrd., B. Ind. i. p. 289, 

 No. 172; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B.y. 125; Hume, Sir. F iii. p. 70 ; 

 Blyth and Wald., B. Br. Burm. p. 76 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vii. p. 137; 

 Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 87 ; Gales, Sir. F. viii. p. 165 ; Scully, t. c. p. 248 ; 

 P. Z. S. 1830, p. 8; Bingham, Sir. F. ix. p. 164; Gates, B. Br. Burm. ii, 

 p. 5. Picus occipitalis, Sundev., Consp. Av. Pic. p. 61. Chloropicus occipi- 

 talis, Malh., Mon. Pic. ii. p. 129, pi. Ixxvii., figs. 4 6. --The BLACK-NAPED 

 GREEN WOODPECKER. 

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