THRIPONAX. 449 



Length. 13 inches; tail 5 ; wing 5-4; tarsus ri ; bill from gape r6. 



I fab. Whole of British Burmah (Arracan, Pegu, and Tenasserim), extending 

 down the Malay Peninsula and to Sumatra, Java and Borneo ; affects all kinds 

 of jungle, especially the dry forests. 



1060. Gecinus erythropygius, Elliot, Nouv. Arch. i. Bulb 



p. 76, pi. iii. ; Oaies, Sir. F. x. p. 191 ; id., B. Br. Burnt, ii. p. 52 ; Ward- 

 law- Ramsay t P. Z. S. 1874, p. 212, pi. xxxv. (descr.). Gecinus nigrigenis, 

 Hume, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1874, p. 106; id., Str. F. ii. pp. 444, 471 ; id. 

 and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 136; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 87; Bingham, Sir. F. 

 ix. p. 163. The RED-RUMPED GREEN WOODPECKER. 



Except the crown, which is crimson, the whole top and sides of the head 

 are black ; back, scapulars, wing and upper tail coverts yellowish green ; 

 rump fiery red ; tail black, the feathers washed with green on the edges at the 

 base ; quills black, broadly barred with white on the inner webs, the second- 

 aries broadly margined with green on the outer webs ; tertiaries tipped 

 and margined on the outer webs with green ; chin and all parts below it to 

 the abdomen yellow ; rest of under surface ashy brown, crossed by bars of 

 greenish-brown. The female has the head black ; bill dark horny ; irides 

 sulphur yellow ; legs dark green. 



Length. 13 inches ; tail 5'2 ; wing 6*3 ; tarsus 1*2 ; bill from gape 1*7. 



Hab. The drier portions of Tenasserim from Tonghoo to the Mooleyit 

 mountain. Breeds, according to Gates, in the Thoungyeen valley. Eggs 2 (?) 

 in number, pure white. 



Sub-Family. CAMPEPHlLlNvE. 



Bill strong and wide at base, nearly straight ; lateral ridge sometimes 

 wanting- 



Gen. Thriponax. Cab. et Heine. 



Culmen sharp and slightly arched ; gonys not half the length of under 

 mandible ; neck long and slender ; wings and tail long ; plumage sombre. 



1081. Thriponax Hodgsoni, Jerd., III. Ind. Om. pi. 5 ; id., 



J3. Ind. i. p. 284 ; Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 67 ; iv. p. 390. The GREAT BLACK 

 WOODPECKER. 



Head with crest and mandibular stripe crimson ; lower back, rump and 

 middle of abdomen white ; remainder of plumage black. The female has 

 the crimson of the head replaced by black, except on the occiput. 



Bill black ; legs dark plumbeous ; irides crimson. 



Length. 19 inches ; tail 7-5 ; wing 9 ; bill at front 2*3, width at base 2-3. 



Hab. South India, Travancore, Wynaad, Coorg, and Malabar Coast. 

 Thriponax Hodgei, another sooty black species, with crimson head, is found 

 in the Andamans. 



