DENDROCOPUS 44S 



Hob. Nepal and Sikhim in the Himalayas at from about 

 3,000 to 12,000 feet elevation, through Southern Tibet to 

 Moupin and Western Szechuen. 



In general habits it does not differ from D. major, but as yet 

 nothing is on record respecting its nidification. 



634. PERNY'S PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS PERNYI. 



Dendrocopus pernyi (Verr.), Kev. and Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 271, pi. 16 ? 

 (David and Oust), Ois. Chine, p. 48 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 xviii. p. 225 ; (Berezovski and Bianchi), Ptitz. Gan-su, etc. p. 49. 



( ad. (Kan-su). Somewhat resembles D. darjilensis, but is smaller,, 

 has no yellow on the sides of the neck, these parts being dull white ; the 

 under parts are paler, being buffy white, and less conspicuously striped ; 

 chin and upper throat white ; the black stripes on each side of the throat 

 widen below and merge into a broad deep black band which crosses the 

 breast in the centre of which there is a crimson patch. The bill also i& 

 much smaller than that of D. darjilensis ; bill greyish, the base of the 

 under mandible yellow ; legs greenish ; iris red. Culmen 0'8, wing 4'22 r 

 tail 3'0, tarsus 0*7 inch. 



Hob. Szechuen in Western China, Moupin and Eastern 

 Tibet, where it is not rare. 



According to Abbe David it is a resident, and its note i& 

 similar to that of D. major, from which it does not appear to 

 differ in habits. 



635. SIND PIED W T OODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS SINDIANUS. 



Dendrocopus sindianus, (Horsf. and Moore), Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. iL 

 p. 671 (1856-58) ; (Henders. and Hume.), Lah. to Yarkand, p. 179, 

 pi. ii ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 227 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, iii. p. 36. 



< (Baluchistan). Eesembles D. syriacus, but differs in having the 

 entire crown and occiput, and not only the occiput, rich crimson. In the 

 female the crown and occiput are black. Culmen 1*15, wing 4*8, tail 2'9, 

 tarsus 0'8 inch. 



Hob. Afghanistan, Sind, Baluchistan, and the Western 

 Punjab as far north as Peshawar, Murree, and Sirsa : west to 

 Bampur in S.E. Persia. 



