GECINUS 455 



ad. (Japan). Forehead, lores, and space below the eye dusky black ; 

 crown to nape crimson, the feathers dusky grey, spotted with black at the 

 base ; hind-neck dusky black ; upper parts olive-green, the feathers on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts tipped with yellow ; quills blackish, the outer 

 webs of the primaries spotted with white ; tail dull brownish, faintly barred 

 with greyish, the middle feathers margined v\ith golden olive at the base ; 

 face, sides and front of neck slate-grey ; malar stripe crimson and 

 black ; chin and throat white ; under parts yellowish white, tinged with 

 grey on the upper breast, marked with crescentic and V-shaped black marks ; 

 under tail- coverts barred with black ; bill dark greenish, at the base lemon 

 yellow ; legs dull olive green ; iris Venetian red. Culmen T6, wing 5*6, 

 tail 3'95, tarsus 1*15 inch. The female has the malar stripe as in the male, 

 but the crown is smoky grey, and only the occiput and nape are crimson. 



Hob. Japan, on the main island and that of Kiushiu. 



In habits this species does not differ from its allies. Its 

 nest-hole is bored in a tree usually at from 4 to 10 feet above 

 the ground, and from late in April to the middle of July it 

 deposits 4 to 7 eggs resembling those of G. viridis. 



654. YELLOW-BILLED GREEN WOODPECKER. 

 GECINUS FLAVIROSTRIS. 



" Gecinus Jlavirostris Zarudny," Menzbier, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 

 pt. i. p. 440 (1886) ; Dresser, ix. p. 261, pi. 690 ; G. cjorii, Hargitt, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 45 ; G. zarudnoi, Menzbier, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 301. 



art. (Afghanistan). Upper parts pale green, with indistinct darker 

 squamations ; wings and tail barred with blackish ; rump and tail yellower 

 than tha back ; crown to the nape crimson, narrowly bordered with 

 blackish ; malar stripe black and white ; throat and chest uniform dull 

 greenish yellow ; rest of the under parts yellowish white, with squamate 

 blackish-olive markings ; bill wax-yellow, slightly darker at the base on 

 the sides ; legs plumbeous grey with a bluish tinge ; iris yellowish white. 

 Culmen 1'8, wing 6'5, tail 4'7, tarsus 1'2 inch. Tne female has the crown 

 and nape deep black, not crimson, and many of the feathers are margined 

 with white. 



Hob. Transcaspia, east into Afghanistan. 



This species is nearest allied to G. squamatus (Vigors), of 

 which it is a desert form. In habits and nidification it 

 resembles its congeners, and deposits early in April 4 to 5 

 glossy white eggs which measure about 1'18 by 1*08. 



