34 PICIDJE. 



b 1 . Abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 red; crown always black; occi- 

 put red in males only D. cabanisi, p. 35. 



b 3 . Scapulars white D. sindianus, p. 36. 



b". Lower parts striated ; occiput red in tf , 



black in <j> . 



c 3 . Larger, wing 5 ; no red gorget .... D. darjilensis, p. 37. 

 d 3 . Smaller, wing 4 ; no red gorget . . D. cathpharius, p. 37. 

 e 3 . Smaller, wing 4 ; a red gorget .... D. pyrrhothorax, p. 38.. 

 b'. Back transversely barred with white, 

 c". Crown and occiput crimson in tf , 



black in $ . 

 y 3 . Throat and fore neck uniform ; breast 



spotted D. macii, p. 39. 



ff 3 . All lower parts except chin striated D. atratus, p. 40. 

 d' 1 . Crown umber-brown in both sexes ; 

 occiput crimson and yellow in d, 



dull yellow in $ D. auriceps, p. 40. 



b. All tail-feathers parti-coloured black and 



white, 

 c'. Small spots on breast. 



e". Crown red D. pectoralis J , p. 41. 



/". Crown black D. pectoralis $ , p. 41. 



d'. Spots on breast broader than white spaces 

 between. 



f". Crown and occiput red D. andamanemis <$ , p. 42. 

 ". Crown and occiput brown D. andamanensis $ , p. 42. 



961. Dendrocopus Mmalayensis. The Western Himalayan 

 Pied Woodpecker. 



Picus himalayensis, Jard. 8f Selby, 111. Orn. iii, pi. cxvi (c. 1835) ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 154 ; Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 1880, p. 50 ; Biddulph r 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 48 ; id. S. F. ix, p. 313 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 429 : 

 id. S. F. x, p. 101 ; C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 410. 



Picus himalayanus, Gray, Gen. B. ii, p. 435 (1845) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 xvi, p. 466 ; id. Cat. p. 62 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p.' 670 ; Adams, 

 P. Z. S. 1858, p. 475, partim ; 1859, p. 173 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 269 ; 

 Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 20 ; Cock $ Marsh. S. F. i, 

 p. 350; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 412; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 6; 

 Hume $ Senders. Lah. to Yark. p. 179 ; Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 232 ; 

 Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 1879, p. 447. 



Dendrocopus himalayensis, Haryitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 220 ; Oates 

 in Humes N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 301 ; Sharpe, Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 110. 



The Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, Jerdon ; Turkdn, Chamba. 



Coloration. Male. Nasal plumes black, white at base ; forehead 

 brownish white ; crown and occiput crimson, the feathers dark 

 grey at the base, then black and tipped with red ; lores, a narrow 

 supercilium, and the sides of the face and neck white, often ful- 

 vescent, and the ear-coverts in part black ; a black band from the 

 lower mandible down each side of the neck, joined to the nape by 

 a cross black band behind the ear-coverts ; hind neck, back, sca- 

 pulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts glossy black ; wings and most 

 of the wing-coverts black, the innermost median and greater 



