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surements can be easily referred to, and as his description of 

 majoroides does not quite fit the above six birds, I may note 

 tlie following- points about them : There is no white spot ou 

 the outer web of the first primary ; the three outer tail feathers 

 are banded with yellowish, not pure, white ; a narrow stripe on 

 the forehead, the lores, round the eye, and the ear-coverts are 

 whitish tawny ; the patch on the side of neck beginnino- behind 

 the ear-coverts and continued narrowly across back of neck to 

 the opposite side is silky golden yellow ; the lower breast, 

 abdomen, and flanks are markedly tinged with yellow. The 

 crimson band on the hind head of the male is about half an 

 inch broad on the occiput. The female differs from the male in 

 having the head black, without any crimson band, and the 

 yellow patch on the side of the head is duller. 



Male, young, May. — Length, 8-6; expanse, 15-0; wino-, 4-8; 

 tail, 3-1 ; tarsus, O'Q ; bill from gape, 1-2 ; bill at front" 0-93 ; 

 closed wing short of tail, 1'05. 



Bill leaden grey horny, darker above ; irides brown ; feefc 

 greenish plumbeous. The bill short and soft ; colours much as 

 in majoroides female, but less intense; the lower tail-coverts 

 very pale crimson, and the whole top of head dull crim- 

 son, with the black bases of the feathers showing through 

 as small spots. This specimen is very interesting; it has 

 the head colored as in himalayanus male; but the under- 

 parts are boldly striped as in majoroides and not uniform 

 unstreaked as appears to be constantly the case in the former 

 species. I refer the specimen to majoroides principally, because 

 it has the breast and abdomen streaked with black, and because 

 it was obtained at the same time and place as that species, 

 while no adult specimen of himalayanus was obtained in 

 Nepal. The young of both sexes of majoroides, mio-ht have 

 been expected to resemble the mature female. 



This Woodpecker is common on the hills surroundino- the 

 valley of Nepal, wherever large tree forests occur. I found it 

 common in the Sheopuri forest in May, at an elevation of 

 about 7,000 feet, frequenting the moss-covered oaks. It was 

 usually seen high up on the trees, singly or in pairs. The 

 birds hammered very vigorously at the bark of the trees and 

 were not easily alarmed. 



157.--Piciis macei, Vieill. 



Female, BicMakoh, December.—Length, S'l ; expanse, 13-8 • 

 wmg, 4-35 ; tail, 3-15 ; tarsus, 0-65 ; bill from gape, 1-13 ; bill 

 at front, 0-9; closed wings short of tail, 1-1. 



Bill plumbeous dusky, grey horny at base ; feet greenish 

 plumbeous ; the two outer tail feathers on each side are barred 



