MEIGLYPTES. 401 



yellowish buff ; a patch of crimson on each side of the base of the lower man- 

 dible .; back, scapulars, wing coverts and tertiaries black, broadly barred with 

 yellowish buff ; rump yellowish buff; tail coverts black, barred with buff; 

 primaries, secondaries, and feathers of the tail black, both webs with bar-like 

 buff spots; lower plumage blackj barred with buff, the bars broader than on 

 the throat ; under wing coverts buff. The female has not the crimson patches 

 at base of lower mandible. (Oates.) Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs dingy 

 or dirty green. (JDavtson.) 



Length. 6-5 inches ; tail 2'2; wing 3-7 ; tarsus 07 ; bill from gape O'Q. 



Flab. Tenasserim, at Bankasoon and Mergui, extends down the Malay 

 Peninsula, and is found in Sumatra, Borneo, and Cochin- China. Affects dense 

 forest, and Gates adds that it appears never to descend to the ground. 



1085. Meiglyptes jugularis, Biytk, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 195 ; 



Sundtv., Consp. Av. Pic. p. 93. Phaiopicns jugularis, Malhcrbe, Mon. Pic. ii. 

 p. ii. Meiglyptes jugularis, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 63; Blyth and Wald.> 

 B. Burm. p. 77 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 132; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 87 ; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 16. BLYTH'S BLACK AND FULVOUS WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



Forehead, crown, sides of the head, chin and throat black, narrowly barred 

 with buff ; an indistinct patch of crimson on either side of the base of the 

 lower mandible ; full occipital crest, back, upper tail coverts, tail, and the 

 whole lower plumage black ; sides and back of the neck, a large patch on 

 either side of the breast, rump, all the wing coverts next the body, and bases 

 of the tertiaries buff; remainder of the wing coverts black, tipped with buff; 

 sides of the body obsoletely barred with buff ; quills black ; outer webs of the 

 primaries and secondaries sparingly spotted with buff, the inner webs with 

 bar -like spots of white ; tips of the tertiaries black, with one or two bars of 

 buff; under wing coverts buff. The female has not the crimson patch at the 

 base of the lower mandible. (Gates.) Bill black ; irides dark brown; legs 

 dull bluish. 



Length. 7-6 inches ; tail 2-3 ; wing 4; tarsus o ! 8 ; bill from gape I. 



//^.British Burmah, Arracan, Pegu and Tenasserim. Habits same as 

 the last. 



1086- Meiglyptes tllkki (Less.), Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 57; 

 Hume andDav.) Str. F. vi. p. 132; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 87 ; Oates, B. Br. 

 Burm. iii. p. 61. Picus tukki, Less., Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 167. Hemicircus 

 brunneus, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 106. Picus brunneus, Sundev., Consp. Av. 

 Pic. p. 91. Phaiopicus pectoralis (Licht.), Malh., Mon. Pic. ii. p. 8, pi. 

 xlvii., figs. 5 7. The BUFF-NECKED BARRED WOODPECKER. 



Forehead, crown, upper neck, and sides of the head olive brown ; chin and 

 throat black, narrowly and closely barred with buff ; a crimson patch on each 



