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I Lave reason to believe that another and darker-coloured 

 species is found in the Malabar forests ; but whether this may prove 

 identical with one of the Himalayan species, or with the Ceylon 

 'bird, in particular, I cannot now ascertain*. 



These small Woodpeckers perhaps lead direct to Vivia and 

 Sasia, of the subfam. PicumnincB. 



Other species of Yungipicus found in the East are Y. Mohic- 

 censis, from Malacca and Java ; Y. canicapillas, Bl., from Burmah ; 

 and Y. gymnophthalmos,WL., from Ceylon. TheBurm.ese race much 

 resembles Y. Hardioickii, but the color of the back is somewhat 

 darker, and the head is lighter and more ashy. Y. gymnophthalmos 

 is dark above, and unspotted beneath, and it may perhaps occur 

 in Southern India (^as before suggested). Other species are P. 

 scintilla, Natt ; said to be from the Himalayas. P. maculatus 

 (validirostris of Blyth), from the Philippines (olim P. nanus, apud 

 Bl.) ; and P. zizuki. T., from Japan. 



Sub-fam. CAMPEPHILINiE. 



Bill strong, somevrhat wide, nearly straight, or very slightly 

 curving ; lateral ridge near the culmen, sometimes wanting ; gonys 

 short ; versatile toe about equal to the anterior, sometimes longer ; 

 hind-head generally with a full crest ; neck thin ; wings and tail 

 various. 



This sub-family appears to be intermediate between PicincB and 

 Gecininas. They vary much in their colours, the length of the feet, 

 and the proportions of their wings and tail, and consist of three 

 or four well marked types. Gray retains the first two genera in 

 PicincB. They dilFer, however, somewhat from the typical Wood- 

 peckers in form and coloration, in the length of their wings, and in 

 their short broad tail ; but the bill is very much that of true 

 Picus. 



* The Picus nanus, Vigors, Froc. Zool. Soc, 1831, p. 172, would seem to agree 

 •with P. Hardioickii, except that it is described to have a black occiput. It was 

 from a Himalayan collection, but might, and not improbably, have been procured 

 in the Deyra Doon. 



