386 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF 



169.— Thriponax hodgsoni, Jerd. The Great Black 



Woodpecker. 



Rare. Mr. Laird obtained specimens in North Kanara and 

 also in the forests west of Belgaum. 1 have no other record of 

 its occurrence throughout the region. 



171.— Gecinus striolatus, Blyth. The Small Green 

 Woodpecker. 



Rare. Obtained by Mr. Laird in tlie jungles west of 

 Belgaum, and is probably the bird referred to by Mr. Davidson 

 as having been observed on the Bhore Ghat, Kolaba district, 

 in which case it probably occurs sparingly along the whole of 

 the Sahyadri range. 



175.-— Chrysophlegma chlorigaster, Jerd. The 

 Southern Yellow-naped Woodpecker. 



Probably a permanent resident. Not uncommon in the 

 forests south-west of Belgaum, whence I have seen several 

 specimens shot by Mr. Laird and others, but it does not appear 

 to have been observed elsewhere hitherto within the region, 

 though surely it must occur in some of the other forest 

 districts. 



179.— Micropternus gularis, Jerd. The Madras 

 Rufous Woodpecker. 



Permanent resident. Is not uncommon, and occurs all along 

 the Sahyadri range and in the adjacent forests as far north as 

 Khandala. Some of the specimens procured by Mr. Vidal 

 in the north of Ratnagiri are prououuced by Mr. Hume to be 

 intermediate between gularis and phceoceps. 



181.— Brachypternus puncticollis, Math. The 

 Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker. 



Permanent resident. Not uncommon and occurs along the 

 whole range of hills from Goa to Khandala. In some of the 

 districts, Ratnagiri for instance, it is more numerous than in 

 others. Major Lloyd mentions B. aurantius in his list of 

 Konkan birds ; but he possibly referred to the present species. 

 At the same time very possibly aurantius occurs also within our 

 limits, as it does on the Nilgiris. The two species, I may add, 

 are somewhat doubtfullj' distinct, and in some localities run into 

 each other. 



188.— Yunx torquilla, Lin. The Wryneck. 



Cold weather visitant. Occurs sparingly in the northern 

 portion of the region about Poona and Nagar, as also in the 



