288 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



and Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool., 1 pi. 31, f. 2 (the female) — Mangliong- 

 pho, Lepch. 



The BLACK-NArED Green Woodpecker. 



Descr. — Male, dull green above and below ; rump tinged with pale 

 yellowish ; forehead and occiput dull scarlet ; top of the head, a 

 broad occipital stripe extending to the nape, and another on each 

 side under the eyes, black ; lores, face and ears, grey ; wings and tail, 

 dusky ; the quills with white spots ; the two central feathers of the 

 tail striped with pale dusky on their outer webs, becoming dusky 

 and greenish towards the base, and gradually obsolete ; the outer 

 webs of the last primaries, and of all the secondaries, green ; chin, 

 and part of throat, white. 



Bill dark slaty ; legs slaty, tinged with green ; irides pale 

 crimson. 



Length 12i ; extent 20 ; wing 6 ; tail 41 ; bill at front 1^. 



The Black-naped Green Woodpecker is found throughout the 

 whole extent of the Himalayas, extending through Assam and 

 Tipperah into Burmah, where also it is common. It is not rare at 

 Darjeeling from 2,500 to 5,000 feet or so. 



6r. viridamis, Blyth (a duplicate of the Indian G. striolatus), 

 abounds throughout the Burmese region ; and other Asiatic species 

 of Gecinus are G. aioohera, T., from Japan, G. Guerini^ ]\Ialh., from 

 China (very like G. canus of Europe), G. affinis, Raffles, of 

 Sumatra, and G. dimidiatus, Tern,, of Java. 



Gen. CnRYSorHLEGMA, Gould. 



Char. — Bill similar to that of the last, wider at the base and 

 more compressed at the tip, slightly more curved, and shorter, 

 with the lateral ridge nearly obsolete, only existing close to the 

 base of the bill ; the culmen blunt ; tail long, cuneate ; feet short ; 

 the claws very strongly curved. 



The birds of this genus are further distinguished from those of 

 the last by a peculiar mode of coloration, viz. the bright yellow 

 of the hind portion of the full crest, which extends along the 

 nape in some. 



