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Genus LIOPICUS, Ep. 



Liopicus mahrattensis (Lath.'). 



Picus mahrattensis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 184 (1878). 



Liopicus mahrattensis, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 290 (1890) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 305 (1890) ; Blanf. 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 43 (1895) ; Shaiye, Hand-l. ii. p. 217 



(1900). 



The eggs of the Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker are glossy, and 

 measure from -8 to 4 88 in length, and from '61 to *68 in breadth. 



2. Hansi, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 20th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 10th June. Hume Coll. 



1. Delhi, 30th March ( C. T. Bingham). Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 30th March ( A. O.Hume). Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 9th April (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Maunbhum, 9th April (R. C. Crowley Bequest. 



Beavan: Tristram Coll). 



Genus IYNGIPICUS, Bp. 

 lyngipicus anritus (Gm.). 



Yungipicus fusco-albidus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 326. 

 lyno-ipicus auritus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 325 (1890); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 220 (1900). 



The eggs of the Bed- eared Pigmy Woodpecker in the Collection 

 are almost devoid of gloss, and measure respectively : *73 by "52 ; 

 71 by -56 ; -65 by -54 ; -65 by -53. 



4. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



lyngipicus hardwickei (Jerd.). 



lyngipicus hardwickii, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p, 328 (1890) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 306 (1890) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 47 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 220 

 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Indian Pigmy Woodpecker in the Collection are 

 moderately glossy, and measure respectively : '7 by -5 ; -71 by -6. 



1. Lucknow, India, 24th March (G. Hume Coll. 



Reid). 

 1. Sitapur, Oudh, 5th May (C. R. Hume Coll. 



