444 DENDROCOPUS 



It is said to frequent tamarisk -scrub, which abounds in Sind 

 and the neighbouring countries, and breeds in holes in tamarisk 

 and babul trees in March and April. 



636. SYRIAN PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS SYRIACUS. 



Dendrocopus syriacus (Hempr. and Ehr.), Symb. Phys. Aves. fol. r. note 

 5 (1828) ; (Dresser), v. p. 35, pis. 277, 278 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. p. 225 ; Blanf., E. Persia, ii. p. 130 ; D. cruentatus (Aritinori), 

 Naumannia, 1856, p. 411, Taf. 4 ; D. felicicc (Malh.), Picidae, i. p. 127, 

 pi. xx. fig. 4, pi. xxviii. figs. 8-11 (1861) ; D. khan, Defilippi, Arch. 

 Zool. ii. p. 400 (1864). 



Nacar-el-Hairel, Arab. 



ad. (Asia Minor). Upper parts glossy black ; occiput crimson ; 

 forehead pale creamy white ; sides of face silky white ; a black malar 

 stripe joins another triangular patch on the sides of the neck, and extends 

 in a semicircle to the breast ; inner larger wing-coverts and scapulars 

 white ; quills black spotted with white on both webs ; tail black with two 

 yellowish white spots on each web of the two outer feathers ; under parts 

 creamy white, the abdomen and vent pale rose colour ; bill bluish, the 

 under mandible yellowish at the base ; legs plumbeous ; iris reddish. 

 Culmen 1%3, wing 5'1, tail 3'5, tarsus 0*85 inch. The female differs in 

 lacking the crimson occipital crest 



Hal. Asia Minor, Palestine, and Western Persia south to 

 Farsistan. 



In habits it resembles D. major, but is more often seen in 

 cultivated districts, especially where fruit trees are numerous, 

 and is never seen in large forests. Its note resembles that of 

 D. major, but it is less noisy. It hews out its nest-hole in all 

 sorts of trees, but most often fruit trees, and in May deposits 

 4 to 5 glossy white eggs which measure about 1*2 by 075. 



637. BARRED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS MINOR. 



Dendrocopus minor (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 176 (1766) ; (Nauin.) v. 

 p. 334, Taf. 136, figs. 3, 4 ; (Hewitson), i. p. 241, pi. Ixi. fig. 4 ; 

 (Gould), B. of E. iii. pi. 231 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. Ixxii ; 

 (Newton), ii. p. 477 ; (Dresser), v. p. 53, pi. 282 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xviii. p. 252; (Tacz.), F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 703; (Seebohm), 

 B. of Jap. Emp. p. 155 ; Saunders, p. 77 ; Lilford, ii. p. 10, pi. 4 ; 

 D. quadrifasciatus (Radde), Orn. Cauc. p. 315, pi. 19, fig. 5 ; 

 Hargitt, torn. cit. p. 256. 



