392 AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUR. 



Measurements in inches : — 



Lohardugga $ Wing 5*05 ; Tail 3*8 ; Tarsus '9 ; Bill from gape 1'65 



Satpuras $ „ 5*05 „ 3'9 „ *95 „ „ „ 1-7 



Sirguja <J „ 5-05 „ 4- „ -95 „ „ „ 1-6- 



„ $ „ 4*95 „ 3"5 „ *9 „ J, „ 1*6 



64.— Micropternus phaioceps, Blyth. (178.) 



The Bengal Rufous Woodpecker is recorded by Captain Beavan 

 as seen in Manbhum. Mr. Blyth, in his list of Colonel Tickell's 

 Singhbhum birds, gives M. badius by which name this species 

 was at one time called ; but that name properly belongs to the 

 Sumatra species. Possibly Colonel Tickell's specimen may have 

 been referable to M. gularis, Jerdon. 



I have not met with this species in Chota Nagpur, but have 

 shot it in the Rajmehal hills. 



The measurements in inches of my specimen being : — 

 Rajmehal hills $ Wing 45; tail 2 7; tarsus "65 ; bill from gape 1*1. 



65.— Brachypterims aurantius, Lin. (180.) 



The Golden-backed Woodpecker is found occasionally in the 

 forests of Chota Nagpur, but does not appear to be common. 

 My specimens from various localities all seem to belong to this 

 species rather than to the nearly allied B. chrysonotus, Less. 



The following measurements in inches : — 

 Sirguja $ Wing 57; Tail 38; ' 

 Calcutta ... „ 54 „ 3 6 

 Satpuras ... „ 565 „ 38 

 Sirguja ? „ 5 9 „ 37 

 Calcutta ¥ „ 57 „ 38 

 Satpuras ? „ 5*4 „ 365 



66.— Yunx torquilla, Lin. (183.) 



The Common Wryneck was obtained in Manbhum by Captain 

 Beavan. In Sirguja I saw it on several occasions, but only 

 succeeded in obtaining one specimen. 



It is certainly a rare bird in Chota Nagpur. Two specimens 

 in my collection measure in inches : — 



Sirguja sex? Wing 3 5; Tail 25 ; Tarsus '57 ; Bill from gape .9 

 Nagpur $ „ 3-3 „ 25 „ 7 „ „ „ -8 



MEGALAIMID^. 



67.— Megalaima caniceps, FranH. (193.) 



The Common Green Barbet is often heard, but seldom seen in 

 the jungles of Chota Nagpur. I have not got a single specimen 



