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eastern parts of tbe Division, but I certainly do not remember 

 having seen it. 



In the jungles of the Satpura range I found it somewhat 

 sparingly. 



The following measurements in inches are of specimens 

 in my collection : — 



Sirguja $ Wing 3' ; Tail 1*8 ; Tarsus 5 ; Bill from gape "6 



Satpura hills <$ „ 31 „ 1*8 „ 5 „ „ „ "7 

 Sirguja ? „ 3-075,, 1'75 „ 5 „ „ „ -65 



Satpura hills $ „ 305 „ 1*6 „ '5 „ „ „ *7 



61.— Clirysocolaptes sultaneus, Hodgs. Picus 



guttacristatus, T. (166.) 



Under the above name Colonel Tickell described a female 

 of the Golden-backed Woodpecker. In all probability it was 

 this species,* as he says : — " Crest large, full, black with round 

 white spots." 



According to the same authority it is common, frequenting 

 the largest timber, cotton trees, &c, noisy, agile. 



Neither Captain Beavan nor I ever met with this species. 



62.— Clirysocolaptes festivus, Bodd. (167.) 



I cannot remember, and have no record of having seen the 

 Black-backed Woodpecker, except upon one occasion in Chota 

 Nagpur. This was in January in the Palamow sub-division, 

 where I saw and shot three which were busily engaged in search- 

 ing the branches of a cotton tree {Bombax malabaricum). They 

 consisted of a male, female, and young male. The plumage of 

 the latter resembles that of the female, save that the long 

 feathers of the yellow crest are tipped with red. 



Measurements in inches : — 

 Palamow <? Wing 6*3; Tail 4' ; Tarsus 1-2 ; Bill from gape 2*2 

 „ Youngs „ 5-6 „ 3- „ 1-05 „ „ „ 1*7 

 ?j ? » 6 - l „ 3'8 ,, l'l „ „ „ 2* 



No one who examines this species can fail to observe the 

 enormous size of the toes and claws. 



Recently in the Satpuras I saw one of these birds feeding 

 on the ground where jungle and grass had recently been burnt. 



63.— Geciiius striolatus, Blyth. (171.) 



The Small Green Woodpecker is rather rare in Chota Nagpur, 

 and so far as my collections go confined to the western parts. 

 In the Satpura hills it was, I think, more abundant. 



* More probably Belesserti. — Ed., S. F. 



