ZG PICIM. 



953. Gecinus puniceus. The Crimson-wim/ed Green 

 Woodpecker. 



Picus puniceus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 176 (1821). 

 Gecinus puniceus, Blyth, Cat. p. 59 : Hargitt, Ibis, 1888, p. 176; id. 



Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 64. 



Venilia punicea, Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 664. 

 Chrysophlegrna puniceus, Blyth, Birds Burin, p. 77 ; Hume, S. F. 



iii, p. 324 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 44. 

 Callolophus puniceus, Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 139 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 175ter. 



Coloration. Male. Nasal plumes and a line over the lores 

 brownish black ; forehead, crown, nape, and broad malar stripe 

 crimson, this colour descending for some distance behind the ear- 

 coverts ; nuchal crest of loose-textured feathers yellow ; back and 

 scapulars green, more or less olivaceous ; lower back and rump 

 the same, the feathers edged with pale yellow ; wing-coverts, 

 whole outer webs of secondaries, and basal portion of outer webs 

 of primaries deep crimson; tips of secondaries and tertiaries 

 green ; remainder of quills dark brown, outer webs of primaries 

 sometimes with a few white spots ; inner webs of all with larger 

 white spots or imperfect bars ; tail black ; sides of head dull olive ; 

 chin and throat light brown or brownish olive ; sides of neck 

 and lower parts olive-green ; the flanks spotted with white. 



The female has no malar band, but otherwise precisely resembles 

 the male. Young birds are duller in colour and have the lower 

 parts browner and spotted more or less throughout. 



Upper mandible black ; lower mandible and edges of upper at 

 gape dark greenish yellow ; iris crimson ; orbital skin lavender- 

 blue ; legs and feet pale green (Davison). 



Length 10-5; tail 3-75; wing 5-15; tarsus -9; bill from 

 gape 1*4. 



Distribution. The Malay Peninsula, extending into Southern 

 Tenasserim as far north as Tavoy ; and to the southward to 

 Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Habits, $c. According to Davison this Woodpecker inhabits 

 evergreen forests. It is very noisy in the evening and has a 

 peculiar note, which it utters from the top of a high tree. It is 

 usually seen singly and has not been observed on the ground. 



954. Gecinus nigrigenis. The Eed-rumped Green Woodpecker. 



Gecinus erythropygius, apud Ward I. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 212, 

 pi. xxxv ; Walden, Ibis, 1875, pp. 148, 463 ; id. in BlytJis Birds 

 Burm. p. 76 ; Oates, S. F. x, p. 191 ; id. B. B. ii, p. 52 ; Hargitt, 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 189, nee Elliot. 



Gecinus nigrigenis, Hume, P. A. S. B. 1874, p. 106 ; id. S. F. ii, 

 pp. 444, 471 ; id. Cat. no. 171 ter ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi,p. 136; 

 Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 163 ; Haryitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 67 ; Oates 

 in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. ii. p. 300. 



Coloration. Male. Cap including the sides of the head and 



