448 DENDKOCOPUS 



642. GREEK PIED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS LILFORDI. 



Demhocopus lilfordi (Sharpe and Dresser), Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 

 viii. p. 436 (1871) ; (Dresser) v. p. 45, pi. 280 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xviii. p. 272. 



< ad. (Greece). Differs from D. leuconotus in having the lower back 

 broadly barred with black, and the vermilion colouring on the under parts 

 richer and deeper. Culmen 1 '6, wing 5-2, tail 3'8, tarsus I'O inch. The 

 female differs in having the crown black, and not rich crimson as in the 

 male. 



Hob. Greece, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Turke}', and the Ionian 

 Islands, and has occurred as far west as Ancona and Genoa ; 

 Asia Minor in the Taurus range. 



But little is known respecting the habits of this species, 

 but as far as I can gather they do not differ from those of 

 D. leuconotus. It breeds in Greece, the Herzegovina and 

 Bosnia; its breeding habits and eggs being similar to those 

 of D. leuconotus. 



643. JAPANESE WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER. 

 DENDROCOPUS NAMIYEI. 



Dendrocopusnamiyei(Stejnegev), Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886 p. 116, pi. ii. ; 

 Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 273. 



g ad. Similar to D. leuconotus, but much darker ; lower back with a 

 few white cross bars only ; white spots on wings fewer and smaller, and no 

 white band formed by the middle covert?, only a few of the inner ones 

 having a white spot ; great wing-coverts with only one sub-apical white 

 spot on the outer web ; ear-patch and lateral neck-patch completely separ- 

 ated by a black streak. Exposed culmen 1'34, wing 5 '74, tail 3*46, ext. 

 ant. toe without claw, 0*71 inch. 



Hal. South-western portion of Hondo Island, Japan. 



There appears to be nothing on record respecting the 

 habits and nidification of this species. I have never seen a 

 specimen and copy the description from Dr. Stejneger. It 

 appears to be nearest allied to Dendrocopus insularis (Gould) 

 from the island of Formosa. 



