THE BIRDS OF MONGOLIA ETC. 319 



Order III. SCANSORES. 



183. Picus MANDARiNUS, Gould. Diatel mandarinsJcy. 



In Mongolia we met with it only at Muni-ul, did not see it in the wooded 

 Ala-shan, but came across some birds again in Kan-su, where it principally 

 inhabits the fir and mixed woods ; but it is very rare in larch- tree forests. 

 Specimens killed by us late in August were moulting fast. In its habits and 

 voice it does not differ from our P, major. 



leasur 



ements : — 















Length. 



Width. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



Gape. 





in. 



in. 



in. 



in. 



in. 



in. 



6, 



. 9-5 



16 



5-38 



3-46 



0-83 



1-32 



2. 



9-5 



14 



5-22 



3-33 



0-8 



1-24 



184. Picus leuconotus, Bechst. Diatel helospeenney . 



Neither Pere David nor Mr. Swinhoe mention this species in their hsts 

 of Chinese birds ; but we found it on the northern side of Gu-bey-key, i. e. 

 just outside MongoUa. It does not differ at all from European specimens. 



185. Dryocopus martius^ L. Diatel jelna. 



Has been obtained at Muni-ul and in Kan-su, but is rare in both 

 locahties. It always keeps to the fir-forests, and does not ascend high in 

 the mountains. A male obtained by us in August, at Chertintan, was 

 moulting fast. 



186. CucuLus CANORINUS*, MuU. Cucushka veshaya. 



This Cuckoo is tolerably common in S.E. MongoUa, not only in woods 



^ Jonm. f. Ornitli. 1872, xx. p. 235. 



