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glossy. They vary in length from 0*97 to 1*3 inch, and in breadth from O 72 

 to 078 inch. 



1070. PiCUS maj Oroides (Hodgson), Gray, Zool. Misc. and 

 Cat. B. Nepaul; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 270, No. 155. Dendrocopus Darjee- 

 lingensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 196. Ficus Hodgsonii, Malherbe, Mon. 

 Pic. i. p. 2. The DARJEELING BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Like P. Himalayanus ; tail with the three outer feathers irregularly banded 

 with white ; sides of neck and under surface of the neck in front and breast 

 pale isabelline ; breast and abdomen isabelline with longitudinal streaks of 

 black. Bill and legs plumbeous ; irides brown. 



Length. & inches ; tail 2-8 ; wing 4-75 ; bill at front 175. 



Hab. S.-E. Himalayas, Nepaul, Sikkim and Darjeeling. 



1071. PiCUS cathpharius, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. xii. p, 1006; 

 Malh., Mon. Pic. i. p. 80 ; Sundev., Consp. Av. Pic. p. 25 \Jerd., B. Ind. i. 

 p. 271, No. 156; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. i. p. 271. The LESSER 

 BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Like P. majoroides; two outer tail feathers barred with white, the next 

 spotted on the outer web only ; chin whitish ; under surface fulvescent, 

 darker and more rusty on the breast, while the sides of the breast, abdomen 

 and under tail coverts are covered with longitudinal black streaks ; the spots 

 on the breast coalesce and form a crimson gorget ; occiput crimson, also 

 the olive running from the ear coverts and extending to the crimson gorget- 

 The female has no crimson on the head, and on the gorget and the under 

 surface of the body is much whiter than in the male. Bill bluish white ; legs 

 plumbeous ; irides red brown. 



Length. 7 inches ; wing 4 ; tail 2-5 ; bill at front 0-9. 



Hab. S.-E. Himalayas, Nepaul, Sikkim and Bhootan. Breeds in Nepaul 

 during April. Eggs pure white. 



1072. PiCUS SCindiailUS (Gould.), Horsf. and Moore, Cat. 

 Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 671 ; Jerd., B. of India i. p. 273, No. 158 ; Hume, 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 529; Jerd., Ibis, 1872, p. 7 ; Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 170; Lahore 

 to Yarkand, pi. ii. ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 130. THE SIND 

 PIED WOODPECKER. 



Adult Male. Forehead, lores, sides of the head, ear coverts, supercilia 

 and breast white, tinged buffy on the forehead, or a soiled white ; a very 

 narrow dark line above each superc ilium ; a dark stripe from the lower 

 mandible extending down each side of the throat, projecting to the lower side 

 of the breast, and joining the back at the shoulder ; crown of the head mixed 

 crimson and black ; back, rump, upper tail coverts and centre tail feathers 

 glossy black, with a dusky tinge ; scapulars and the adjacent wing coverts 

 white, the remainder of the wing coverts black with a few white spots ; quills 

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