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south, till in Southern India the birds are as dark as are those 
from the Andamans and Burmah. 
I have one lovely specimen of puneticollis, in newly moulted 
plumage; in this the spots on the throat are small, but ex- 
ceedingly dense, giving the throat a very white appearance ; 
the black. of the ear-coverts and sides of the neck is well- 
developed, each feather of the ear-coverts having a triangular 
buffy-white spot at the tip, the feathers immediately in front 
of and above the eye are also buffy white, spotted. 
The following are the dimensions, &c., taken in the flesh of 
a fine pair :— 
_ Male.—Length, 12:1; expanse, 18:9; tail, 3:7; wing, 
5°75; tarsus, 1:0; bill from gape, 1-6; weight, 4°25 ozs. 
Female.—Length, 11:7; expanse, 18:0; tail, 3:5; wing, 
5°55 tarsus, 0-9; bill from gape, 15; weight, 4:0 ozs. 
The colours of the soft parts do not appreciably differ in 
the sexes ; the legs and feet are a glaucous or bluish green; 
the claws plumbeous horny; the bill dull black ; and the irides 
deep brown. 
183.—Tiga shorii, Vig. The Large Three-toed 
W oodpecker. 
I obtained a pair in some forest below the Government 
Cinchona Plantations at Neddivuttum; these are the only 
specimens * I have met with in Southern India. 
184. —Tiga javanensis, Zjung. The Common Three- 
toed Woodpecker. 
T have only obtained this species in the Wynaad, and there 
it is not a common bird, frequenting thia tree jungle, or the 
outskirts of the larger forests. 
My specimens do not apparently differ from others of the 
same species collected in Tenasserim and the Malayan Penin- 
sula. 
186.—Vivia innominata, Burt. The Speckled 
Piculet. 
I obtained a male of this species below Kotagherry on the 
14th of March 1881. It is undistinguishable from Himal: ayan 
specimens with which I have compared it. The forehead is 
golden yellow with a strong orange tinge. fF 
* I think these specimens should be re-examined.—Ep., S. F. 
Sign of the male; in the female forehead and crown are unicolorous green. 
Darling sent this years ago from the Wynaad, vide S. F., V., 851. —Ep., 8. F. 
