46 PICID^E. 



The only important distinction from /. semicoronatus is that in 

 the male of the present species there is no red band across the- 

 occiput, but merely a few scarlet feathers forming a short, very 

 narrow, longitudinal stripe bordering the occiput on each side. 

 There is no constant difference in the females, but as a rule the 

 dimensions of /. pygmceus are rather larger, and the white bands 

 and spots on the upper surface are more developed. 



Bill grey horny ; irides dark red ; feet dingy green (Scully}. 



Length 5'6 ; tail 2'1 ; wing 3-5 ; tarsus -65; bill from gape '7. 



Distribution. Forests of the base and lower valleys of the Western 

 Himalayas from around Katmandu in Nepal to Mussooree. 



Habits, 6fc. According to Mr. E. Thompson this Pigmy Wood- 

 pecker breeds in the dense forest districts of the bhabar and lower 

 valleys of Kumaun in April and May, laying 4 or 5 eggs. The 

 birds migrate into cultivated districts in winter. 



975. lyngipicus canicapillus. The Burmese Pigmy Woodpecker. 



Picus camcapillus,./3/a, J. A. 8. B. xiv, p. 197 (1845) ; xvi, p. 467? 



xviii, p. 805 ; id. Cat. p. 64 ; dates, B. B. ii, p. 36. 

 Yungipicus canicapillus, Horsf. fy M. Cat. ii, p. 677 ; Blyth $ Wald, 



Birds Burm. p. 78 ; Hume fy Oates, S. F. iii, p. 59 ; Armstrong, 



S. F. iv, p. 309 ; Hume 8f Inglis, S. F. v, p. 25 ; Hume $ Dav. 



S. F. vi, pp. 125, 500 ; Hume, Cat. no. 163 bis. 

 lyngipicus pumilus, Hargitt, Ibis, 1881, p. 599, 1882, p. 37 ; id. Cat. 



B. M. xviii, p. 321 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2 a) v, p. 565 ; 



vii, p. 432. 



Picus pumilus, Oates, B. B. ii, p. 37. 

 lyngipicus canicapillus, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 39 ; id. Cat. B. M^ 



xviii, p. 322 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2 a) iv, p. 578 ; 



Hume, S. F. xi, p. 60. 



Precisely like /. pygmceus except that the upper tail-coverts are 

 banded and fringed with white, and that as a rule all the tail- 

 feathers are spotted or banded with white above and fulvous 

 below ; sometimes, however, the two median pairs are unspotted. 

 The lower parts in general are paler in tint in /. canicapillus, the 

 streak behind the eye darker brown and broader, but these dis- 

 tinctions cannot be depended on. Two red streaks border the 

 occiput, one on each side, in males, as in /. pygmceus. 



Upper mandible horny brown, lower plumbeous ; irides red- 

 brown ; legs, feet, and claws plumbeous (Davisori). 



Length 5-5 ; tail 1/8 ; wing 3'25 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from gape -75. 



Distribution. Throughout Burma, ranging north to Tipperah y 

 Cachar, and Manipur, and probably to the ranges south of the 

 Assam valley, and extending to the south throughout the Malay 

 Peninsula, from the sea-level to about 5000 feet elevation. 



Habits, $c. Brushwood, low or thin tree-jungle, groves in culti- 

 vation, or old clearings are the usual haunts of this bird, which 

 is often seen on the smaller branches of trees. It is but seldom 



