1920.] List uf the Birds of Siam. ■ 599 



Picus viridanus Blyth. 



Picits viridauits Blyth_, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bcngalj xii. 1843, 

 p. 1000 : Arrakan. 



Appears to bo ratlier common in peninsular Siam, wliere 

 numerous specimens liavo been collected at various localities. 



Picus striolatus BIytli. 



Picus striolatns Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xii. 184:3, 

 p. 1000 : Himalayas\ 



Recorded from northern Siam, from Koh Lak, and from 

 Petchaburi. 



Picus canus hessei Gyld. 



Picus canus hessei Gyldenstolpe, Ornith. Monatsber. 1916, 

 p 28 : Pak Koh, N. Siam, S ; I^en Chai, N. Siam, ? . 



Very common in the dr}^ forests o£ the northern parts of 

 the country, where numerous specimens have been collected 

 at various localities. It has also been reported from Lat 

 Bua Kao in eastern, from Petchaburi in south-western, and 

 from Meklong in central Siam. 



Picus erythropygius erythropygius Elliot. 



Gecinu.s erijtJiropi/cjius Elliot, Nouv. Arch, du Mus. Paris, 

 Bull. i. 1865, p. 76, pi. 3 : Lower Cochin China. 



Ai)parently very rare in Siam. Up to the present time 

 specimens have only been collected at Lat Bua Kao and 

 Saketat (E. Siam). Parrot mentions a specimen from 

 " Bangkok," but this locality is most certainly erroneous. 



Picus erythropygius nigrigenis Hume. 



Gecimis niijrhje)ns Hume, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1874, 

 p. 106 : Pakchan, S. Tenasserim. 



Quite common in the open dry forests of northern Si;im. 

 Some specimens have also been obtained at Meklong in 

 central Siam. 



Brachylophus chlorolophus chlorolophoides Gyld. 

 Jiracliylophus chlorolophoides Gyldenstolpe, Ornith. Mo- . 

 natsber. 1916, p. 29 : Koon Tan, N. Siam. 



The Siamese representative of the Small Himalayan 



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