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I have not seen it in any part of Southern Pegu myself. It appears to be 

 common on. the Arrakaii hills, for my man shot several specimens when 

 travelling on those hills with Mr. Theobald ; but I cannot say how far 

 north it extends. Mr. Davison found it in the northern portion of Tenas- 

 serim, and Capt. Bingham in the Thoungyeen valley. 



It is not known to occur outside the limits of British Burmah. 

 Mr. Hume has pointed out that Hemilophus crawfurdi, J. E. Gray (Grif- 

 fith's Cuv. An. Kingd., Birds, ii. p. 513, pi.), cannot be identified with the 

 present species ; and on examining the original description and plate of 

 H. crawfurdi, I am able to confirm Mr. Hume's statement. The bird is 

 thus described : " The whole upper part, except the crest, is deep dark 

 brown, sprinkled with grey on the sides of the neck ; across the breast is a 

 large lunule patch of slate- colour with small dark waves ; the belly is 

 yellow, with the like crescent-shaped spots, and the crest is deep red/' 

 The plate corresponds with the description. This species, therefore, 

 remains to be rediscovered. 



T. feddeni is found in secondary jungle and on the outskirts of forests. 

 It is fond of saplings and small trees, and I do not remember to have ever 

 seen it on large trees. 



Genus ALOPHONERPES, Erich. 



425. ALOPHONERPES PULVERULENTUS. 

 THE GREAT SLATY WOODPECKER. 



Picus pulverulentus, Temm. PL Col. 389 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Pic. p. 10. Picus 

 gutturalis, Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 178. Dryopicus gutturalis, Malh. 

 Mon. Pic. i. p. 61, pi. xv. fig. 4-7. Alophonerpes pulverulentus, Salvad. 

 Ucc. Born. p. 51 ; El. $ Wald. B. Burm. p. 75 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 457. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, Jerd. B. 2nd. i. p. 284 ; Hume, S. F. 

 iii. p. GO ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 133 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 87 ; Bint/ham, 

 X. F. ix. pp. 162, 472. 



Description. Male. Forehead, crown, nape, sides and back of the neck 

 ashy, each feather tipped with greyish white ; back, scapulars, rump and 

 wing-coverts slaty blue, the edges of the feathers rather paler; upper 

 tail-coverts brown ; tail ashy brown ; quills dark brown, the outer webs 

 suffused with slaty ; sides of the head ashy, darker on the ear-coverts ; 

 a patch of red on the cheeks ; chin and throat deep saffron-yellow, the 

 feathers of the throat more or less tinged with pink ; lower plumage dull 

 slaty, each feather tipped and more or less streaked along the shaft with 

 ashy grey ; vent and under tail- coverts plain ashy. 



