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71. GECrXL'S ROni.WSOyi-THK BLACK-CAPl'Kl) WOODl'ECKliU. 



(xociniis robiusoui, Grunt, Bull. B.O.C., xix., No. c, xxvii.. p. lU 

 (1906) ; id (2), p. 42. 



The types of this Woodpecker, whose nearest ally is Geciuus occipi- 

 talis which occurs iu Tenasserim, were obtained on Gimoni; Talian 

 between 5,300 and 6,000 ft., and up to the present remain unique. The 

 species will, however, not improbably l)e found on the high mountains 

 in the vicinity of Temong<,)h. where the Kelantan, Perak and Pahang 

 frontiers converge. 



72. OAUROl'ICOWES JlAFFLESl-KXVVLV.'ii THRKK TOKD \V(JODPEC'KEK. 



Grauropicoides rafflesi (Vig.) ; Hanjitf, Cat., p. 132; Grant (1), 

 p. 100; id. (2), p. 41. 



A local species, not as a rule ascending the hills to any great eleva- 

 tion, and commoner in the southern half of the Peninsula. 



73. GECINULUS VIBIDIS-'nm GREEK BAAIBOO PECKER. 



Gecinuliis A'iridis, Blyth ; Jonrn. Asiat. Soc. BeityaJ, 1862, p. 341 ; 

 Hanjitt, Cat., p. 136 (1890) ; Bohinsoii, Jonrn. Fed. Malay States Mu- 

 seums, ii., p. 1&, No. 306 (1908). 



Male. — General colour above golden olive green, yellower on the 

 sides of the occiput and nape ; crown of head and nape rich scarlet, 

 the feather greenish at their bases ; rump and upper tail coverts flecked 

 with scarlet, beneath duller olive green ; primaries and secondaries 

 dull brown : the outer webs margined with olive green, more broadly 

 on the secondaries, the inner webs with large white spots ; axillaries 

 and under wing coverts dusky, with buffy white spots ; tail feathers 

 blackish brown, the outer webs fringed with olive, and the inner 

 webs with buify white spots ; shafts black ; iris chestnut ; tarsi and 

 feet plumbeous green ; bill livid bluish grey, whiter at the tip. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but with the crown and nape yellow- 

 ish olive. 



Immature. — Three very immature males from Ginting Bidei, shot 

 in April and May, have the whole under surface brownish black, greyer 

 on the throat and faintly washed with olive green on the belly and 

 flanks ; upper surface olive green without the golden tinge of adult 

 birds ; head greyish brown, the feathers broadly tipped with gf)lden 

 olive, the occipital region more or less strongly washed with scarlet ; 

 the rump in all three specimens flecked with scarlet. 



Specimens Examined. — Fifteen, Semangko Pass, 2,700-4,500 ft. 

 (February) ; Tanjong Malim, 500 ft. (April) ; Ginting Bidei, 2,300 ft. 

 (April and May) ; Telom, Perak- Pahang boundary, 3,800 ft. 

 (November) . 



This Woodpecker appears to be not uncommon on the lower slopes 

 of the Selangor and South Perak Main Tlange throughout almost its 

 entire length, but seems hitherto to have escaped notice, which is 



