376 DICJEIDJE. 



b. Upper plumage without any red in it. 

 e' . Lower tail-coverts of a different 

 colour to the abdomen; lower 



plumage streaked D. chrysorrliceum <5 $ , 



/'. Lower tail-coverts of the same [p. 8. 



colour as the abdomen; lower 

 plumage mistreated. 



a". A patch of red on the breast D. ignipectus rf, p. 378. 



b". No red on the breast. 



a'". Bill black or of a dark colour. 

 4 . Lower plumage of one 



uniform colour. 



a 5 . Rump yellowish green con- 

 trasting with the green of 



the back D. ignipectus $ , p. 378. 



b 5 . Rump of the same colour 



as the back. 

 a 6 . Forehead and lores 



conspicuously whitish . . D. concolor tf $ , p. 379. 

 b 6 . Forehead and lores of a 



dark colour D. olivaceum <$ $ , p. 380. 



b 4 . Lower plumage not uniform ; 

 throat and breast whitish, 



abdomen dull yellow D. virescens c? $ , p. 380. 



b'". Bill yellow D. erythrorhynchus J $ , 



[p. 381. 



912. DicsBum cruentatum. The Scarlet-backed Flower-pecker. 



Certhia cruentata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 187 (1766). 



Certhia coccinea, Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insub. ii, p. 91 (1786). 



Dictum cruentatum (L.), Blyth, Cat. p. 226 j Hume, N. # E. p. 1/55 ; 

 Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 192; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, 

 p. 663 ; OateSjS. F. vii, p. 46 ; Hume, Cat. no. 236 ; Oates,B. E. i, 

 p. 332 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, p. 15 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 83 ; Gates 

 in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 270. 



Dicceum coccineum (Scop.}, Horsf. fy M. Cat. ii, p. 747 ; Jerd. B. 1. i, 

 p. 373. 



Fig. 104. Head of D. cruentatum. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, crown, nape, back, ramp, and 

 upper tail-coverts rich crimson ; lores, sides of the head and neck, 

 tail, wings, and wing-coverts black ; lower plumage pale buff, the 

 sides of the breast black, and the sides of the body ashy brown ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white. 



Female. Head, nape, and back olive-green, the centres of the 

 feathers of the crown darker, and the nape with a golden yellow 

 tinge ; rump and upper tail-coverts red ; tail black ; the whole 

 lower plumage ashy buff, darker .on the sides of the neck and body ; 



