50 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



maries dark brown, with a row of white spots on both webs ; secondaries 

 brown, very broadly edged with green on the outer webs, a series of white 

 spots or bars on the inner webs, a few obsolete spots on the outer ; a line 

 of black along the edge of the scarlet on the forehead ; a narrow white line 

 from the eye over the ear-coverts ; lores and a stripe under the eye and ear- 

 coverts whitish ; sides of the head and ear-coverts greyish brown, striated 

 darker; whole lower plumage dull green, the edges of the feathers paler 

 and each feather with two brown stripes meeting near the tip, giving 

 the appearance of scales ; chin and throat greyer and with the stripes less 

 marked; under wing-coverts white, barred with blackish. 



The female has the red on the head replaced by black. 



Iris red, surrounded by white ; eyelids plumbeous ; legs olive-green ; 

 claws pale horn-colour; upper mandible and tip of the lower horn-colour, 

 remainder of the lower mandible yellow. 



Length 11*5 inches, tail 4, wing 5'5, tarsus ], bill from gape 1*4. The 

 female is of about the same size. 



This species is very similar in general appearance to the preceding. The 

 markings on the lower plumage, however, are of quite a different character 

 in the two species ; and G. viridanus may also be distinguished by the broad 

 black mandibular stripe, which is absent in G. striolatus. 



Blyth's Striated Green Woodpecker, as far as I have observed it in 

 British Burmah, seems confined to the Prome and Thayetmyo Districts, 

 where it is very abundant. Mr. Blanford, however, procured it in the 

 Irrawaddy Delta ; and Lord Tweeddale received it from Tonghoo. It will 

 probably be found in Arrakan. 



It extends through the Indo-Burmese countries and the hill-tracts 

 of Eastern Bengal, and is found over the whole continent of India down 

 to Ceylon. Information is wanting regarding its limit to the west ; but it 

 has been obtained near Mount Aboo and in Oudh. 



This Woodpecker frequents the dry forests termed " Ingdein " by the 

 Burmese, and it feeds a good deal on the ground. In India it breeds from 

 March to May, laying five eggs in a hole of a tree. 



