454 PICID^E. 



and tertiarics black, each feather broadly edged with yellowish and also with a 

 yellowish bar across the middle; lower back olive grey; rump and upper tail 

 coverts buffy yellow, the longer feathers of the latter black, tipped with yellowish ; 

 tail black, the outer feathers barred with yellowish ; primaries black, the inner 

 webs broadly edged with yellowish at the base ; secondaries black, notched 

 with yellowish on both webs ; abdomen, flanks and under tail coverts black, 

 the feathers edged with yellowish ; under wing coverts uniform pale buff. 

 The/emale differs in having no crimson on the head, the whole crown being 

 of the same olive slate colour as the other parts. The young male has the 

 crown buff, narrowly barred with black, and the occipital crest dull scarlet 

 varied with slaty grey. The young female has the crown and occipital crest 

 plain dull buff. (Oates) 

 . Length. 5 '5 inches ; tail I'S ; wing 3-4; tarsus 0*6; bill from gape ri. 



U a j }t Tenasserim, in the extreme south, as a straggler from the Malay 

 Peninsula. It is also found on the Islands of Sumatra and Borneo. 



Gen. PicUS. Linn. 



Bill moderate, compressed, culmen straight and sharp, lateral ridge distinct- 

 about midway between the culmen ridge and margin, which it joins about the 

 middle of the length of the bill; gonys long; versatile toe longer than the 

 anterior ; plumage black, sometimes spotted or banded with white. 



1089. PiCUS MmalayanuS, Jard. and Selby, III. Lid Orn. pi. 

 i [6 ; Jerd., B Ind. i. p. 269, No. 154. Picus assimilis, Natterer, aptid. Mal/i., 

 RIon. Pic. pi. IxxiiL The HIMALAYAN PIED WOODPECKER. 



A narrow albescent frontal band, followed by a red and black mottled, 

 crimson crest ; lores, round the eye and ear coverts white ; a black moustacial 

 stripe from the base of each side of the lower mandible, extending to below the 

 ear coverts, and along the nape and sides of the neck ; a small white demi- 

 collar posteriorly on the neck ; back, interscapulars, and most of the scapulars, 

 also the rump and upper tail coverts, black ; quills black, with oval spots of 

 white on both webs ; a wing spot ; tail with the two central feathers un- 

 spotted black, the two outermost feathers on each side white with black bars, 

 the next pair with some white bars on the outer web only ; under surface of 

 the body sullied or rufescent white ; under tail coverts crimson. The female 

 has a black instead of crimson cap of the male. Bill horny black, paler 

 on the under mandible ; irides red brown ; legs horny black. 



Length. 9-5 to 10 inches; tail 3-5 ; wing 5*5 ; bill at front 1-25. 



Hob. N.-W. Himalayas. Common at Cashmere and the lower ranges 

 west of Sikkim. Occurs at Murree and Kotegurh. Breeds, according to 

 Hume, freely over the lower ranges of the Himalayas, at elevations of from 

 3,000 to 8,000 feet, excavating holes in oak trees, and laying from the middle 

 of April to the end of June. Eggs, 4 5 in number, pure white and very 



