442 DENDROCOPUS 



632. CHINESE PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS CABANISI. 



Dendrocopus cabanisi (Malherbe), J. f. 0. 1854, p. 172 ; (Gould), B. of 

 Asia, vi. pi. 17 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 218 ; Blanf. 

 F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iii. p. 35 ; (Berez. and Bianchi), Ptitz. Gan-su, 

 etc. p. 49 ; P. luciani, Malli. fide Bp. Comp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 8 

 (1854) ; P. mandarinus, Malh. Bull. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Moselle, 

 1857, p. 17. 



^ ad. Differs from D. major in having the scapulars black and the 

 ear-coverts tawny brown, and from D. Inmalayensis in having only the 

 occiput crimson, and the malar band broader; feathers between the ends 

 of the black pectoral bands tipped with red ; chin, throat, and breast 

 fulvous brown. Culmen 1% wing 5'0, tail 3*4, tarsus 0'95 inch. 



Hob. Kan-su, Ordos, the Amdos plateau, China, and the 

 Manipur hills. 



In general habits it is said to resemble D. major. 



633. DARJEELING PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS DARJILENSIS 



Dendrocopus daiy'ilensis, Blyth, J.A.S.B. xiv, p. 196 (1845) ; Hargitt r 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 221 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iii. p. 37 : 



D. majoroides (Hodgs.), in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; (Gray) 

 Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal, pp. 115, App. p. 155 (1846) ; D. de-smursi,. 

 (Verr.) N. Arch, du Mus. vi. Bull. 7. p. 33 (1870). 



Sadyer-mong-prek, Lepcha. 



ad. (Nepal). Nasal plumes black ; forehead, lores, a narrow super- 

 cilium, sides of the head and ear-coverts whity brown ; sides of neck 

 behind the ear-coverts similar but washed with orange or golden yellow ;- 

 crown and upper parts glossy black, but the occiput and nape light 

 crimson, and the innermost, median, and greater wing-coverts chiefly or 

 wholly white ; wing-feathers black with white spots on both webs ; tail- 

 feathers black, the median two pair uniform, the others more or less barred 

 with fulvous white ; chin whitish, ends of bristles black ; throat light 

 brown unstriped ; breast and abdomen yellowish fulvous, with longitudinal 

 black stripes, becoming bars on the flanks ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 light crimson ; upper mandible slaty black, lower horny grey ; feet dingy 

 green ; iris reddish brown to deep crimson ; orbital skin plumbeous. 

 Gape 1*5, wing 5'0, tail 3*75, tarsus 0*9 inch. The female lacks the 

 crimson on the occiput and nape. 



