DENDROCOPUS 441 



Hab. Algeria. 



In habits, note, and nidification this species does not appear 

 to differ from D. major. It deposits 4 or 5 glossy white eggs 

 which measure about 0*91 by 0'7l. 



630. MOORISH PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS MAURITANUS. 



Dendrocopusmauritanus (L. Brelim.) Naumannia, 1855, p. 274 ; (Dre-sar) 

 ix. p. 253, pi. 689, fig. 3 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 216. 



ad. (Tangier). Differs from D. numidicus in not having the broad 

 black stripes which border the throat arid fore-neck united across the neck, 

 there being a narrow white space between, on which the feathers are tipped 

 with scarlet, and the lateral tail-feathers are much more distinctly barred 

 with black. Culmen 1-15, wing 4'9, tail 3'25, tarsus 0*9 inch. The female 

 lucks the crimson occipital band. 



Hal. Morocco. 



In general habits and nidification not differing from D. major. 



631. HIMALAYAN PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS HIMALAYENSIS. 



Dendrocopus Inmalayensis (Jard. and Selby), 111. Orn. iii. pi. 116 

 (1835) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 220 ; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iii. p. 34. 



Turkan, Chamba. 



(J ad. (Himalayas). Differs from D. major in having the scapulars 

 black, the crown and occiput crimson, the lower abdomen more fulvous 

 and the vent and under tail-coverts only pale crimson ; bill brown, pale 

 at the base of lower mandible ; legs and feet plumbeous brown ; iris 

 red-brown. Gape 1-35, wing 5'2, tail 3'5, tarsus 0'9 inch. The female has 

 the crown and occiput black. 



Hob. The Western Himalayas, from Kumaun to Murree, to 

 Afghanistan in the west, and Gilgit in the north. 



In habits it does not differ from D. major. It breeds up to 

 10,000 and even 11,000 feet, from the middle of April to the 

 end of May, generally boring its nest-hole in an oak, and 

 depositing 4 or 5 glossy white eggs, which measure about I'O 

 by 0-75. 



