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1305. (986) Brachypternus aurantius aurantius. The North- 
ern Golden-backed Woodpecker. 
Picus aurantius Linn., S.N., 7., p. 174, (1766), (Cape of Good 
Hope) (Behar). 
N. W. India, N. India, Bengal, Central India, Orissa and 
Bombay. 
1306. (986*) Brachypternus aurantius puncticollis. The South- 
ern Golden-backed Woodpecker. 
Brachyternopicus puncticollis Malh., Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 405, 
(Ceylon). 
India 8. of range of last bird and Ceylon. 
1307. (986) Brachypternus aurantius dilutus. The Sind Gold- 
en-backed Woodpecker. 
Brachypternus dilutus Blyth, Cat., p. 56, (1852), (Sind). 
Sind, Baluchistan and ? Punjab. 
1308. (987*) Brachypternus aurantius erithronotus. The fed- 
backed Woodpecker. 
Picus erithronotus Vieill., Nouv. Dict. ad Hist. Nat., xxvi., p. 
73, (1818), (Ceylon). 
Ceylon (area different to that occupied by No. 1306). 
1309. (988) Tiga javanensis intermedia. The Burmese Golden- 
backed Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Picus intermedius Blyth, J.A.S.B., 1845, p. 193, (Arrakan). 
Assam, 8. of Brahmapootra, Chin Hills and N. Arrakan. 
1310. (988) Tiga javanensis rubropygialis. The Malabar Gold- 
en-backed Three-toed Woodpecker, 
Picus rubropygialis Malh., Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 400, (Bengal). 
S. India, north to Southern Orissa and, Bombay. 
1311. (989) Tiga shorii. The Himalayan Golden-backed Three- 
toed Woodpecker. 
Picus shorii Vigors, P.Z.S., 1831, p. 175, (Himalaya Mts.). 
Himalayas, Nepal through Burmese Hill Ranges. 
1312. (990) Gauropicoides rafflesi peninsularis. The Malayan 
Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., xiv., 1911, p. 192, (Malacca). 
S. Tennasserim, S.W. Siam and Malay Peninsula. 
1313- (991) Chrysocolaptes festivus The Black-backed Wood- 
pecker. 
Picus festivus Bodd., Tabl., Pl. Enl., p. 48, (1783), (Goa). 
Indian Plains and Ceylon. 
* A series shewn me by Mr. W. E. Wait proves quite satisfactorily that erith- 
ronotus is only a race of aurantius 
