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Gecinulus m antia, h'li/th, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 192 ; id. Cat. p. 60 ; 

 Horsf. # M. Cat. ii, p. 663 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 292 ; Bulger, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 157; Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 155; xlv, 

 pt. 2, p. 70 ; Hume $ Incjlis, S. F. v, p. 26 ; Hume, Cat. no. 177 ; 

 id. S. F. xi, p. 63; Hanjitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 134. 



The Pale-headed Woodpecker, Jerdon ; Ka-ter, Lepclia ; Koria, Dafla. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, lores, cheeks, and chin light brown ; 

 crown pink, the feathers edged with deeper red ; occiput and nape 

 with the ear- co verts dull olivaceous yellow ; upper parts from 

 neck dull red, tail-feathers edged with the same ; primary-coverts 

 dull yellow ; quills and tail-feathers brown, barred or spotted on 

 both webs with rufous white ; lower parts dark olive, paler and 

 yellower on throat and light brown on the chin ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries dusky brown with rufous spots. 



I n the female the red of the crown is wanting, and the whole 

 head is dull yellow. 



Bill bluish white, darker blue at the base ; irides red ; legs pale 

 dusky green (Jerdon). 



Length 10 ; tail 3*7 ; wing 5 ; tarsus *95 ; bill from gape 1*1. 



Distribution. Common in the Eastern Himalayas, chiefly between 

 2000 and 5000 feet as far west as Nepal ; found also in Assam, 

 the hill-ranges to the south, Cachar and Manipur. A specimen is 

 also recorded from Laos (Siam). 



Habits, fyc. According to Jerdon this Woodpecker has a squeaking 

 note. Hume met with it in Manipur in pairs. 



959. Gecinulus viridis. Tlie Southern Pale-headed Woodpecker. 



Gecinulus viridis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 341 (1862) ; Hume, 

 S. F. ii, p. 472, ix, p. 112 ; id. Cat. no. 177 bis ; Hume $ Gates, 

 S. F. iii. p 71 ; Blyth # Wald. Birds Burm. p. 77 ; Hume $ Dav. 

 S. F. vi, p. 144 ; Binaham, S. F. ix, p. 164 ; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 41 j 

 Hnryittj Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 136. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, lores, and sides of head yellowish 

 brown ; sides of neck more yellow, this colour extending round 



the neck behind the occipital crest, which, with the crown, is bright 

 crimson ; back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and outer margins of wing- 

 feathers, except of primaries towards their tips, yellowish olive, 

 the rump-feathers the same, but narrowly edged and tipped with 

 scarlet or orange ; quills brown, with white spots on the inner 

 webs, and sometimes indistinct pale spots on the outer ; tail- 

 feathers brown, the outer webs bordered with olive-yellow near" 

 the base, the inner webs of all but the middle pair spotted with 

 white ; lower parts dark olive-green to greenish brown ; throat 

 more yellow. 



Female. No red on head, which is yellowish brown throughout, 

 much yellower on the nape, so as to have a broad yellow collar. 



Bill pale bluish white, strongly tinged with blue at base ; irides 

 brown ; legs, feet, and claws pale dirty green (Davison). 



