GOULD'S YELLOW-NAPED WOODPECKER. 43 



Genus CHKYSOPHLEGMA, Gould. 



438. CHRYSOPHLEGMA FLAVINUCHA. 

 GOULD'S YELLOW-NAPED WOODPECKER. 



Picus flavinucha, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 120 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Pic. p. 57. 

 Chloropicus flavinucha, Malli. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 106, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 1-4. 

 Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 289 ; Hume, S. F. iii. p. 71 ; 

 Hume Dav. S. F. vi. p. 137 ; Uume, S. F. viii. p. 87. 



Description. Male. Forehead and crown cinnamon-brown, the edges of 

 the feathers greenish, and the nape distinctly tinged with green ; posterior 

 portion of the crest and the hind neck bright yellow ; chin, throat and 

 cheeks yellow, the black bases of the throat-feathers showing through ; 

 fore neck greenish black, the bases of the feathers white and showing up 

 very plainly in places ; sides of the head and neck greenish brown ; the 

 whole upper plumage and wing-coverts bright green ; tail black ; primaries 

 barred with black and cinnamon-red; secondaries and tertiaries barred 

 black and cinnamon-red, and with the outer webs broadly edged with 

 green ; the later secondaries and the tertiaries also tipped with green ; 

 breast smoky greenish brown ; remainder of lower plumage ashy brown. 



The female differs in having the chin and throat reddish brown. 



Bill dusky bluish white ; iris red ; eyelids, gape and naked skin at gape 

 greenish blue ; legs dusky blue ; claws horn-colour. 



Length 13 inches, tail 5'1, wing 6'2, tarsus '9, bill from gape 1*6. The 

 female is of the same size. 



Gould's Yellow-naped Woodpecker occurs in most of the deep forests 

 of Pegu, and it is particularly abundant in all parts of the Pegu hills. 

 Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay met with it at Tonghoo and on the Karin hills. 

 Mr. Davison found it in Tenasserim down to about the latitude of Moul- 

 mein ; and Capt. Bingham states that it is fairly common in the Thoung- 

 yeen valley. Mr. Blyth records it from Arrakan. 



It extends north into the hill-tracts of Eastern Bengal ; and Dr. Jerdon 

 says that it is found throughout the Himalayas. 



This Woodpecker is found in thick forests; and it is in the habit of 

 descending to the ground to search for food . 



