PICUS. 457 



Similar to Picus macii, except that the upper back, rump, and inter- 

 scapulars, also the upper tail coverts and all the tail feathers are barred with 

 white ; throat and sides of the head pure white ; under surface fulvescent, barred 

 with white ; vent and under tail coverts faintly washed with red ; breast spoiled 

 with black. Bill bluish black, paler at the base ; iris brown ; legs plumbeous. 



Length. 7 inches ; tail 2-5 ; wing 4 ; tarsus 07 ; bill from gape I. 



'Hab, British Burmah ; locally distributed in Pegu, and also in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Thayetmyo. Extends down to the Islands of Sumatra, Java, and 

 Borneo. Recorded also from Cochin-China. 



1075. PICUS atratUS, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 803; xxviii. 

 p 412; Malh., Mon. Pic. i. p. 72 ; Sundev., Consp. Av Pic. p. 25 ; Wald, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 343 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. pp. 123, 500; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 87. Dendrotypes atratus, Blyth and Wald., B. Burm. p. 77. The 

 STRIPE-BREASTED PIED WOODPECKER. 



Like Picus macii, except that the under plumage is boldly streaked with 

 black ; the breast is tinged with crimson ; crest lengthened ; six cenlral tail 

 feathers are unspotted black, and the sides of the head and the throat are silvery 

 white. Bill dull black, horny below ; legs plumbeous ; irides deep brown. 



Length. 7"!$ to 8 inches; tail 3-3 to 3-4; wing 4-5; tarsus 075; bill 

 from gape 1*2. 



Hab. British Burmah, to which it is said by Gates to be confined. It has 

 been procured on the Karin hills and also in Tenasserim. 



1076. Picus brunneifrons, Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831 ; 



Gould, Cent. Him. B. pi. 52 ; Malh., Mon. Pic. i. p. IO2; Jerd., B. Ind. i. 

 p. 273, No. 159 The BROWN-FRONTED WOODPECKER. 



Narrow frontal band at base of upper mandible brown ; crown golden 

 yellow ; occiput crimson ; lores and ear-coverts pale brown ; upper plumage 

 black, barred with white ; tail black, only the two outer pairs of feathers on 

 each side barred with white ; a white streak from below the ear coverts to the 

 sides of the neck, and another behind the eye ; a white patch on the sides of 

 the neck, and a dark brown streak from the lower mandible ; beneath sullied 

 white, streaked with brown ; vent and under tail coverts pale crimson. Bill 

 plumbeous ; irides brown. 



Length. % to 87 inches; tail 275 ; wing 4.5 ; bill at front 07. 



Hab. N.-W. Himalayas, extending to Nepaul. Found at Mussoorie and 

 Simla. Breeds in the Himalayas. Eggs, 4 in number, pure white and glossy. 



1077- PiCUS mahrattensiS, Lath., Ind. Orn. Sup pi., p. xxxi. ; 

 Malh., Mon. Pic. I. p. 1 05, pi. xxviii, figs. 13; Stmdev., Consp, Av. Pic. 

 p. 31 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 274; No. 160 ; Hume, Nesls and Eggs Ind. B. 

 p. 122; Ball, Sir. F. ii. p. 390; Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 58; Legge, B. Ceylon, 



