60 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



452. MEIGLPYTES JUGULARIS. 

 BLYTH'S BLACK-AND-FULVOUS WOODPECKER. 



Meiglyptes jugularis, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 195 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Pic. p. 93. 

 Phaiopicus jugularis, Malh. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 11. Meiglyptes jugularis, 

 Hume, 8. F. iii. p. 63 ; Bl. $ Wald. B. Burm. p. 77 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi. 

 p. 132 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 87 ; Bingham, S. F. ix. p. 161. 



Description. Male. The forehead,, crown, sides of the head,, chin and 

 throat black, narrowly barred with buff ; the bars on the throat broader 

 and frequently interrupted; an indistinct patch of crimson on either side 

 the base of the lower mandible ; sides and back of the neck,, a large patch 

 on either side the breast,, the rump, all the wing-coverts next the body and 

 the bases of the tertiaries buff ; remainder of the wing-coverts black tipped 

 with buff; a full occipital crest, back, upper tail-coverts, tail and the whole 

 lower plumage black ; the sides of the body obsoletely barred with bun ; 

 quills black, the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries sparingly 

 spotted with buff, the inner webs with bar-like spots of white ; tips of the 

 tertiaries black, with one or two bars of buff; under wing-coverts buff. 



The female differs in wanting the crimson patch on either side the base 

 of the lower mandible. 



Bill black ; iris dark brown ; eyelids dark plumbeous ; legs dull bluish ; 

 claws horny brown. 



Length 7*6 inches, tail 2*3, wing 4, tarsus *8, bill from gape 1. The 

 female is of about the same size. 



Blytlr's Black-and-Fulvous Woodpecker seems to be found over the whole 

 of British Burmah. I procured one specimen on the Arrakan hills, whence 

 also Mr. Blyth obtained it, and I also got it on the Pegu hills in the ever- 

 green forests. Mr. Davison observed it in Tenasserim as far south as 

 Tavoy, and Capt. Bingham records it from the Thoungyeen valley. 



It is noted from Siam by Mr. Blyth, and is not known as yet to occur 

 elsewhere outside the limits of British Burmah. 



This Woodpecker appears to be found principally in dense forests, but 

 Mr. Davison informs us that he has observed it also in clearings and open 

 jungle. I noticed nothing remarkable about its habits. 



