1314. 
1315) 
1316. 
1317: 
1318. 
1319. 
1320. 
1321. 
BIRDS OF THE INDIAW EMPIRE, 101 
(992) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus guttacristatus. 
Tickell’s Golden-backed Woodpecker. 
Picus guttacristatus Tickell, J.A.S.B,, ii., 1833, p. 578, (Boras 
bhum). 
Behar, Bengal, Assam, Burma, North of Rangoon, Siam, ete, 
(992) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus sultaneus Hodgson’s 
Golden-backed Woodpecker. 
Picus sultaneus Hodg., J.A.S.B., vi., 1837, p. 105, (Nepal). 
N. W. India, Mussoree to Nepal, 
(992) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus delesserti. Mal- 
herbe’s Golden-backed Woodpecker. 
Indopicus delesserti Malh., Mem. Acad. Metz., 1848, p. 343, 
(Malabar). 
India, S. of Bombay and Orissa, Peninsular Burma, Siam 
and Malaya. 
(993) Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus stricklandi. Layard’s 
Woodpecker. 
Brachypternus stricklandi Layard, A.M.N.H., (2), wiit., p. 
449, (1554), (Ceylon). 
Ceylon only. 
(994*) Hemicercus sordidus. The Grey and Buff Wood- 
pecker. 
Dendrocopus sordidus Hyton, A.M.N.H., xvi., p. 229, (1845), 
(Malacca). 
Tennasserim, South to Malay Pen. 
(995) *Hemicercus canente. The Heart-spotted Woodpecker. 
Picus canente Less., Cent. Zool., p. 215, (1830), (Pegu). 
Assam, 8. of the Brahmapootra to Siam, etc., Malabar 
coast. 
(996) Alophonerpes pulverulentulus harterti. Hesse’s 
Great Slaty Woodpecker. 
Muleripicus p. harterti Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., p. 182, (1911), 
(Assam). 
Himalayas, Simla to Assam, Burma, Malay States, etc, 
(997) Thriponax hodgsonii hodgsonii. The Malabar Great 
Black Woodpecker. 
Hemilophus hodgsonii Jerd., Madr. Jour., xi., p. 215, (1840), 
(Malabar Coast). 
S. W. India from Travancore to Belgaum. 
* There are probably several races of this genus which require working out, 
