AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MYSORE, 855 
Nilghiris, but is not common there. It is almost always found in 
pairs, and prefers the evergreen forest. A female measured :— 
Length, 11:8; expanse, 19°75; tail,4:2; wing, 6:25 ; tarsus, 
1:05; bill from gape, 0°85. Irides pearly "white. 
169.—Thriponax hodgsoni, Jerd. The Indian Black 
W oodpecker. 
This fine species is not uncommon in the Wynaad, when the 
country is well wooded, but it is so shy that it is ‘difficult to 
procure specimens. It is usually found in pairs. I have 
occasionally seen several together, once as many as six. These 
most probably were a family consisting of the two adult birds 
and their brood. As arule, the bird keeps to the evergreen 
forests. Once I shot a specimen in some bamboo jungle at 
Goodalore. It does not ascend the slopes of the hills to. any 
height. 
[167.—Chrysocolaptes festivus, Bodd. The Black- 
backed Woodpecker. 
We have received this from the northern bases of the Nil- 
ghiris.—A. O. H.] 
171.—Gecinus striolatus, Bly. The Small Green 
Woodpecker. 
Sparingly spread through the Wynaad, Mysore, and the Nil- 
ghiris; a few pairs are always to be found in the forests about 
Ootacamund, but itis rarer at that elevation than lower down. 
It perhaps more often than the other species* of Gecini descends 
to the ground. I have often found it hunting for insects in the 
droppings of cattle. 
175.—Chrysophlegma chlorigaster, Jerd. The 
Southern Yellow-naped Woodpecker. 
This species does not ascend to the plateau of the Nilchiris, 
but occurs on the slopes as far up as 5,000 feet. It is also spread 
through the Wynaad and Mysore, but is nowhere very common. 
It oceasionally, like the Gecini, descends to the ground. I have 
always found it singly or in pairs. A young male measured in 
the flesh :— 
Length, 9°5; expanse, 15:5 ; tail, 3:4; wing, 4°8 ; tarsus, 0° 82; 
bill from gape, 1:1; weight, 9:95 ozs. Itides wood brown; 
lower mandible from base to angle of gonys and gape dull 
yellow; rest of bill dull black; legs and feet dirty dull green ; 
claws plumbeous green. 
* G. squamatus is more often seen feeding on the ground than on trees.— 
Ep., S.F. 
