22 PICID^E. 



the Western Ghats as far north as the neighbourhood of Belgaum, 

 in Mysore, and in other forest-clad tracts of Southern India ; also, 

 but rarely, in Ceylon. In the Bombay Presidency north of Bel- 

 gaum and in Central and North-western India it is excessively 

 rare or wanting except on the Aravalli Eange near Abu. 



Habits, c. Breeds from March to May, in holes in the stems or 

 branches of trees, laying generally five glossy porcellanic white eggs, 

 that measure on an average T05 by -8. 



949. Gecinus viridanus. The Burmese Scaly-bellied Green 

 Woodpecker. 



Picas viridanus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 1000 (1843) ; xiii, p. 394. 



Gecinus dimidiatus, apud Blyth, Cat. p. 58, nee Temm. 



Gecinus viridanus, Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 660 ; Walden, P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 539 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 414 ; Blyth $ Wald. Birds 



Burm. p. 76 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 48 ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1888, p. 166 ; 



id. Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 47 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, 



p. 566; vii, p. 432. 

 Gecinus vittatus, apud Hume $ Oates, S. F. iii, p. 68 ; Armstrong, 



S. F. iv, p. 310 ; Hume # Dav. S. F. vi, p. 136 ;' Hume, Cat. 



no. 171 bis ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 163, nee Vieill. 



Very similar to G. striolatus, but larger, the bill and tail longer, 

 the malar band much more marked, owing to the feathers having 

 much broader black median stripes, the scale-like markings on the 

 lower parts much broader, so that the lower coloration is alto- 

 gether darker, the greenish brown predominating over the white 

 on the abdomen and especially on the lower tail-coverts, whilst the 

 reverse is the case in G. striolatus. As a rule in the present 

 species the rump is greenish yellow, not clear yellow or orange. 

 The upper parts are generally green as in G. striolatus, but are 

 sometimes darker and sometimes bronzy green. 



Irides dull lake; bill above dark, below yellowish, orbits slate- 

 lavender ; legs greenish ( Wardlaw Ramsay). 



Length 13; tail 4-2 ; wing 5'6 ; tarsus^l'l ; bill from gape 1-6. 



Distribution. Throughout Arrakan, Pegu and Tenasserim, and 

 down the Malay Peninsula to Salanga and into Siam. 



950. Gechms occipitalis. Tlie Black-napped Green Woodpecker. 



Pirns occipitalis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 8 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. x, 



p. 922 ; xii, p. 1002; xiv, p. 191. 

 Picus barbatus, Gray in Hardw. III. Ind. Zool i, pi. xxxi, fig-. 2 



(1830-32). 

 Gecinus occipitalis, Blyth, Cat. p. 58 : Horsf. fy M. Cat. ii, p. 661 ; 



Jerd. B. I. i, 



xlv, 



V, ^ , ^ _., / ^ 



p. 76 ; Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi, p. 137 ; 'bates, S. F. viii, p. 165 

 Scully, ibid. p. 248 ; Bingham, 8. F. ix, p. 164 ; Oates, B. B. 

 ii, p. 51 ; Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 410 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ 



