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GENUS, Picus, Lin. 



Bill moderate, compressed, with the culmen straight and sharp ; 

 the lateral ridge distinct, midway between the culmen and 

 margin, and joining the margin about its middle ; gonys long, 

 barely angulated ; versatile toe longer than the anterior. 



Picas sindianus, Gould. 



158. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 273 ; Murray's Verte- 



brate Zoology of Sind, p. 113. 



THE SIND PIED WOODPECKER. 



$. Length, 8'5 to 8'6 ; expanse, 14'5 to 15 ; wing, 4'5 to 4'6 ; 

 tail, 31 to 3-2 ; bill, 1-25. 



?. Length, 8 to 8'5 ; expanse, 13 to 15 ; wing, 4'4 to ,47 ; 

 tail, 3 to 3-2. 



Bill blackish above, lighter beneath ; irides crimson ; legs dusky. 



Adult male : forehead, lores, sides of the head, ear-coverts, 

 supercilia and breast white, tinged buffy on the forehead, or a 

 soiled white ; a very narrow dark line above the supercilia ; a 

 dark stripe from the lower mandible extending down each side 

 of the throat, projecting to the lower side of the breast, and 

 joining the back at the shoulder ; crown of the head mixed 

 crimson and black; back, rump, upper tail-coverts and centre 

 tail-feathers, glossy black with a dusky tinge ; scapulars, and the 

 adjacent wing-coverts, white, the remainder of the wing-coverts 

 black with a few white spots ; quills brownish-black, spotted with 

 white on both webs forming white wing-bars, of which there are 

 four on the primaries and three on the secondaries ; lateral tail- 

 feathers black, barred and tipped with white ; lower parts white, 

 with a few dusky streaks on the flanks and abdomen ; middle of 

 abdomen and lower tail-coverts crimson. 



The female has the crown black. 



This Woodpecker occurs pretty generally throughout Sind, 

 where it is a permanent resident, breeding during March and 

 April. It does not occur in any other portion of the district. 



Picus mahrattensis, Lath. 



160. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 274 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 458 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 385 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 114 ; 

 Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 62. 



Length, 7'5Tb T7&7 expanse, 12'5 ; wing, 4 to 4'4 ; tail, 2'5 ; 

 bill at front, 1. 



Bill slaty-plumbeous ; irides crimson ; legs cinereous. 



Plumage above, wings, and tail, black, banded with white ; 

 forehead and top of head pale yellow ; occiput, bright criiso.n 

 in the male, yellow in the female ; loresTaround the eyes, ear- 

 coverts, sides of neck behind the throat, and middle of the neck 



