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abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts red, this colour extending up to the 

 lower breast ; quills whiter than in D. major, this colour covering quite 

 as much of the area of the quills as the black. Culnien T25, wing 4'9, 

 tail 3-65, tarsus 0'9 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Transcaspia, Turkestan, and western Mongolia. 



In habits this species resembles D. major, but its note is 

 said to be softer and more frequently uttered. 



628. JAPANESE PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS JAPONICUS. 



Dendropupus japonicus (Seebohm), Ibis, 1882, p. 24; Hargitt, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xviii. p. 216 ; D. gould'u, Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1886, p. 112 (nee. Malh.). 



Akagera, Jap. 



ad. Kesembles D. major, but is somewhat smaller, the forehead 

 and under parts are more buff in colour, the terminal half of the outer 

 tail-feathers is pale buff and the black bars are narrower ; the scapulars 

 have more black at the base, and the innermost secondaries are spotted 

 with white. Culmen 1-2, wing 5'3, tail 3' 3, tarsus 0'95 inch. The 

 female lacks the red on the occiput. The young differs appreciably 

 from that of 1). major in having the under parts profusely streaked 

 with black on the flanks and sides of the breast and the rest of the under 

 parts with transverse black markings, whereas the young of D. major 

 have the under parts nearly uniform buffish white. 



Nab. Japan and the Kurile islands. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from D. major. 

 It breeds in May, June, and July, and deposits in a hole 

 excavated in a tree four eggs, similar to those of D. major. 



629. ALGERIAN PIED WOODPECKER. 



DENDROCOPUS NUMIDICUS. 



Dendrocopus numidicus (Malh.) Mem. Acad. Metz, ii. p. 242 (1842) ; 

 (Loche), Expl. Sc, Alg. Ois. ii. p. 79, pi. ix ; (Dresser), v. p. 33, 

 pi. 276 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 217. 



Nokaib, Nagab ed Djour, Arab. 



$ ad. (Algeria). Differs from D. major in having a broad pectoral 

 gorget of crimson, slightly mixed with black, and the centre of the 

 abdomen and vent crimson ; bill dark blue-grey, the lower mandible 

 paler ; feet lead grey ; iris reddish. Culmen T2, wing 4*8, tail 3*4, tarsus 

 0'9 inch. The female lacks the crimson on the occiput, and the young has 

 the forehead blackish brown and the fore-part of the crown crimson. 



