28 PICID^E. 



955. Chrysophlegma flavinucha. The Large Yellow-naped 

 Woodpecker. 



Picus flavinucha, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 120; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



xii, p. 1003. 



Dryotomus flavigula, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. vi, p. 106. 

 Gecinus flavinucha, Blyth, Cat. p. 58. 

 Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Gould, B. Asia, vi, pi. xxxvi ; Horsf. $ M. 



Cat. ii, p. 662 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 289 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 9 ; Hume $ 



Oates, 8. F. iii, p. 71 : Hume $ Inglis, S. F. v, p. 26 ; Godw-Aust. 



J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 97 ; Blyth % Wald. Birds Burm. p. 76 ; 



Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi, p. 137 ; Hume, Cat. no. 173 ; id. S. F. xi, 



p. 62 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 43 ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1886, p. 262 ; id. Cat. 



B. M. xviii, p. 127. 



Mong-hli-ong, Lepcha. 



Coloration. Male. Top and sides of head olive, more or less 

 passing into rufous-brown on the forehead and crown and some- 

 times on the occiput, ear-coverts a little paler ; nuchal crest of 

 loose-textured feathers orange or golden yellow ; whole back and 

 outer surface of wings glossy yellowish green ; quills dark brown, 

 broadly banded on both \vebs, except towards the tips, with pale 

 chestnut ; tail black, the middle feathers with olive fringes towards 

 the base ; malar region, chin, and throat pale yellow ; sides of neck 

 deep olive ; feathers of fore neck white, each with a large terminal 

 olive spot, forming a mixed pattern of olive and white ; breast 

 olive, passing on the abdomen into ashy grey or ashy brown. 



Female. The malar region, chin, and throat rufous brown instead 

 of yellow. 



Bill dusky bluish white; iris red; eyelids and gape greenish 

 blue ; legs dusky blue ; claws horn-colour (Oates). 



Length 13 ; tail 5 ; wing 6'5 ; tarsus I'l ; bill from gape 1'6. 



Distribution. The Himalayas as far west as Mussooree, chiefly 

 between about 2000 and 7000 feet. This bird has not been 

 recorded further west, but to the eastward it ranges through 

 Assam, Cachar, Arrakan, Pegu, Karennee, and Northern Tenasserim 

 to a little south of Moulmein. 



Habits, $c. This Woodpecker inhabits forests and feeds fre- 

 quently on the ground. The nidification has not been observed. 



956. Chrysophlegma hnmii. The Chequered-throated 

 Woodpecker. 



Gecinus mentalis, apud Blyth, Cat. p. 59 (nee Picus mentalis, Temm.). 

 Chrysophlegma mentalis, apud Blyth, Birds Burma, p. 76. 

 Callolophus mentalis, apud Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 138; Hume, Cat. 



no. 175 bis ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 46. 

 Chrysophlegma squamicolle, apud Hargitt, Ibis, 1886, p. 269 (nee 



Picus squamicollis, Lesson). 

 Chrysophlegma humii, Hargitt, Ibis, 1889, p. 231 ; id. Cat. B. M. 



xviii, p. 126. 



Coloration. Male. Top and sides of head olive-green ; occipital 



