IYNGIFICUS. 459 



Similar to P. canicapillus but smaller ; central four tail feathers spotless 

 black, or with merely one or two small white specks. (Gales.} 

 Length. 5 inches ; tail 1*5 ; wing 2*8 ; bill at front O'S to O'6. 

 Hab. Malewoon in Southern Tenasserim. 



Gen. Hypopicus- 



Bill slightly longer than in Picus, and slender ; lateral ridge inconspicuous ; 

 wings and tail long; hind toe equal to the length of the outer one ; plumage 

 chestnut. 



1080. Hypopicus hyperythrus (Vigors), Gould, Cent. Him. 



B. pi. 50; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 276, No. 161 ; ffume, Nests and Eggs 2nd. B. 

 p. 123. Picus hyperthrus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831. The RUFOUS-BELLIED 

 PIED WOODPECKER. 



Plumage black ; the wings white spotted, the lesser coverts unspotted ; 

 head and nape crimson, extending to the sides of the neck ; lores, orbital 

 region, ear coverts, chin and cheeks whitish ; behind the ear coverts bay ; tail 

 black, the two outermost tail feathers with white bars at the tip only ; plumage 

 of the under surface rufous bay. 



Bill black above, pale yellow beneath ; legs plumbeous. 



Length. 9 inches; wing 5 to 5-5; tail 3-5 ; bill ri; central tail feathers 

 considerably elongated. 



Hab. The S.-E. Himalayas ; Kumaon, Pethoragurh, and Simla. 



Gen. lyngipiCUS. Bonap. 



Woodpeckers of small size, with spotted or banded white and black plumage ; 

 lateral ridge conspicuous near the culmen ; bill barely straight ; tail with two 

 middle feathers elongated ; outer feathers soft and rounded. 



1081. lyngipicus rubricatus, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p 197 ; 



Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 276, No. 162; Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 60. Picus 

 semicoronatus, Malh.> Mon. Pic. i. p. 60. The DARJEELING PIGMY 

 WOODPECKER. 



Occipital crescent crimson, forehead and crown ashy brown ; nape and hind 

 neck black ; below the eyes a broad black streak ; a white patch behind the 

 eye ; back, scapulars and rump, black, barred across with white ; upper tail 

 coverts spotless black ; wings spotted with white ; tail with the four middle 

 feathers black, the next pair white on the outer margin, and the outermost and 

 penultimate barred on outer web with white ; throat and plumage of the lower 

 surface whitish, with narrow dark mesial streaks to the feathers. Bill plum- 

 beous ; irides red ; feet brown. 



Length. 5*5 inches ; wing 3'2 to 3-5; tail 175 ; bill O'6. 

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



