36 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



it is said to have been found also in Borneo and the Philippine Islands. 

 Dr. Tiraud states that it is common in Cochin China. 



This Woodpecker frequents brushwood and thin tree-jungle. I have 

 never seen it in thick forest. 



431, PICUS CANICAPILLUS. 



THE BURMESE GREY-HEADED PIED WOODPECKER. 



Picus canicapillus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 197 ; Malh. Mon. Pic. i. p. 141 ; Sundev. 

 Consp. Av. Pic. p. 29. Yungipicus canicapillus, Wold. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 539 ; 

 Hume, S. F. iii. p. 59 ; Bl. B. Eurm.y. 78 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 309 ; Hume, 

 S. F. v. p. 25 j Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi. pp. 125, 500 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 87. 

 lyngipicus canicapillus, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 39. 



Description. Male. Forehead and crown grey; the nape, hind neck 

 and a streak over the eye black ; a patch of flaming scarlet on either side 

 the occiput ; lesser and median wing-coverts black ; the remainder of the 

 wings, back, rump and upper tail- coverts black barred with white ; the 

 tail black spotted with white ; a broad streak from the eye down the side 

 of the occiput white ; ear-coverts brown ; a patch on the side of the neck 

 black ; lower plumage dull white streaked with blackish brown. 



The female differs in wanting the scarlet patches on the sides of the 

 occiput. 



Iris reddish hazel ; eyelids plumbeous ; bill plumbeous, pale at the gape 

 and on the greater portion of the lower mandible ; mouth flesh-colour ; 

 legs and feet plumbeous green ; claws horn-colour. 



Length 5'5 inches, tail 1*8, wing 3*2, tarsus '55, bill from gape '7. The 

 female is nearly as large as the male. 



The Burmese Grey-headed Pied Woodpecker is very generally distributed 

 over British Burmah. Both Mr. Hume and Mr. Blyth record it from 

 Arrakan. I have procured it at various points in Pegu, at Thayetmyo, 

 Pegu Town and in the country extending between this place and Tonghoo. 

 Dr. Armstrong found it at Elephant Point. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay pro- 

 cured it in Karennee at 4000 feet elevation ; and both Mr. Davison and 

 Capt. Bingham found it in every part of Tenasserim that they visited. 

 My own men secured several specimens at the extreme southern point of 

 this Division. 



To the north of Burmah it has been noted from Cachar, Tipperah and 

 Assam. Mr. Hume states that it is found throughout the Malay penin- 

 sula down to Singapore, and Dr. Tiraud gives it from Cochin China. 



This small Woodpecker is found in brushwood and small jungle. I did 

 not succeed in finding its nest.' 



