458 NOTES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF MOUNT ABOO 



[Throng-bout the entire region except Sindh, where, as yet j 

 have no record of its occurring. — A. 0. H.] 



160.— Picus mahrattensis, Lath 



The Yellow-fronted Woodpecker occurs sparingly on the 

 hills and in the plains. It frequents low tree jungle {Babool, 

 Sfc.) 



[Same as 149.— A. 0. H.] 



[164.— Yungipicus Hardwickii, Jerd. 



Dr. King, obtained specimens, of this species at Anadra. I 

 did not myself see them, and they may possibly have been 

 rather referable to Y. gynnoptkalmus, Bly. 



No Yungipicus has as yet been observed in either Sindh, 

 Cutch, Kattiawar or Jodhpoor, but I should not be surprised 

 to hear of its occurrence, about the Koochawun Hills in the 

 latter or the Gir in Kattiawar. A. O. H.] 



167— Chrysocolaptes festivus, Bodd. 



The Black-backed Woodpecker is rare. I saw the skin of a 

 specimen killed at Sullotear in a dense jungle about 20 miles 

 from Deesa, where I am informed there are a few. I have not 

 heard of it elsewhere. 



[Dr, King shot this in the jungles at the foot of Aboo. I got 

 it in similar jungles further up the Aravallis, and Adam obtained 

 it in similar jungles again near Koochawun, which is near the 

 north-west extremity of the Sambhur Lake. It is quite foreign 

 to the plains region of which we are treating, and is unknown 

 in Sindh, Cutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpoor, &c. It belongs to 

 Central India, but wherever the Aravallis rise to any consider- 

 able height, and can still boast lower slopes densely clad in low 

 thorny jungle, there the Black-backed Woodpecker occurs, though 

 sparingly. I should expect it to occur about the Girnar in 

 Kattiawar, but I have received no specimen thence, and Captain 

 Hayes Lloyd does not notice it. — A. 0. H.] 



171.— Gecinus striolatus, Blyth. 



The small Green Woodpecker is not uncommon in the 

 jungles at the foot of the Aravalli range. 



[But occurs nowhere else so far as we know throughout the 

 whole region. — A. 0. H.] 



180.— Brachypternus aurantius, Lin. 



The Golden-backed Woodpecker is found in most of the Tall 

 tree jungles both on the hills and in the plains. 



