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Denprocorus MAgor syriacus (H. & E.). 
Dendrocopus syriacus {W. 554]. 
Picus syriacus H. & K.; [B. 130]. 
3 2. April 15, mountains near Mal Amir, alt. 4000 ft. 
DeNpDROCOPUS MEDIUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS (Blanf.). [| W. 554.] 
Picus sancti-johannis Blanf., Ibis, 1873, p. 226; [B. 133]. 
6. April 15, mountains near Mal Amir, alt. 7000 ft. 
“A few seen on the higher wooded hills, but they were 
scarce, and I failed to obtain more than one specimen. 
We only passed through the country frequented by these 
Woodpeckers for a few hours one morning, and I never 
heard of or saw any others.”’—R. B. W. 
A little further south than where Mr. Woosnam obtained 
this specimen I found the bird common, but I noted that, 
unlike D. syriacus, it was confined to the oak-woods above 
an altitude of 4000 ft. 
GECINUS VIRIDIS INNOMINATUS Sar. et Loud., Ornith. 
Monatsb. vol. xi. p. 49. 
Gecmus viridis (li); (|B. 135 ;- W. 555). 
d. April 15, mountains near Mal Amir, alt. 7000 ft. 
*““ Only one seen.””—R. B. W. 
Wing 160 mm. ; bill from nostril to tip 32 mm.; tarsus 
25 mm. 
The Green Woodpecker seems to be a rare bird in 
Southern Persia. Dr. Blanford obtained only a worn 
female specimen, and J saw very few and managed to 
procure only an immature bird. Both Dr. Blanford and 
I noted that these birds were much greyer than the typical 
G. viridis, and an examination of Mr. Woosnam’s specimen 
confirms this view, which has been emphasized by M. Sarudny 
and Baron Loudon in their name for the Persian race, 
presumably after an examination of specimens procured by 
the former. The upper parts of this specimen are much 
paler than in typical G. viridis and more bluish, not so 
golden green. ‘The ear-coverts, sides of the neck, throat,* 
breast, and flanks are greyish white with scarcely a tinge 
