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246. Gecinus occipitalis. 



Gecinus occipitalis (Yig.); Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 56 (1890) 

 No. 61, 6 . Murree, June 29, 1873. 



Genus HYPOPICUS. 



247. Hypopicus hyperythpvTjs. 



Hypopicus hyperythrus (Vig.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 199 (1890) 

 No. 72, 6 . Murree, June 30, 1873. 



Genus DENDROCOPUS. 



248. Dendrocopus leucoptehus. (Plates XII., XIII.) 



Picus {Bendrocopus) leucopterus, Salvad. Atti E. Accad. Sci. Torino^ vi. p. 129 (1870-71). 



Picus leptorhynchusj Severtz. Str. F. 1875, p. 430 ; id. Ibis, 1875, pp. 487-491 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, 



p. 320; Menzb. Ibis, 1885, p. 357. 

 Picus leucopterus, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 219 (1875) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 134 (1876). 

 Bendrocopus leucopterus, Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 215 (1890). 



No. 917, <S . Sanju, November 1, 1873. — Bill black ; feet greenish horny black ; iris red. 



Length 9'5 inches, wing 4-85, tail 4*1, tarsus 0*9. 

 No. 917, 2 . Sanju, October 28, 1873. — Bill black ; feet greenish horny black ; iris red. 



Length 9'5 inches, wing 4*85, tail 4*1, tarsus 0*9. 

 No. 942, $ . Sanju, October 31, 1873. 



No. 1047, 6 . Yarkand, November 23, 1873. Kizil-i-shtan (Kokan). 

 No. 1307, ? . Kashghar, February 4, 1873. 



During his visit to England, Dr. SevertzoflP examined the above-mentioned skins 

 obtained by Dr. Stoliczka, and he named one of them " 'Picus leptorhynchus, Sev., typicus'' 

 and the other '' JPicus leptorliynchus^ Sev., var. P. leucopterus^ Salvad." Dr. Severtzoff 

 always seems to have regarded his name of leptorhynchus as taking priority over Salvadori's 

 name of leucopterus, and his assertion called forth a protest from Count Salvadori (Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 386), a reference which seems to have escaped the eye of my friend Mr. Hargitt. 



Acting on the advice of Dr. Severtzoff I had figures prepared of the two forms as 

 identified by him, in order to show the difference in the pattern of the wings ; but I agree 

 with Mr. Hargitt that only one species is recognizable. 



Colonel Biddulph writes : — " Picus leucopterus v^q first saw between Sanju and Yarkand, 

 and it was common everywhere in the plains of Turkestan, especially between Kashghar and 

 Maralbashi during the winter. I do not remember seeing it after our return in May." 



Dr. Scully states that this Woodpecker was seen near Yarkand during the winter only, 

 and then was far from common. In the summer it is said to move up northwards to the 

 forest-region in the neighbourhood of Aksu. The Turki name for this species is " Sokochak,'' 

 ^. e, the " Striker." 



