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TRIBE SCAXSORE^. 



GEN. HEMICIRCUS:. 

 PLATE ATi. 



MEMICIRCUS COMDATUS, 



Meart-spo tted wo odpe gker. 



Syu. — PicKS cordatus, JercIoE Cat. No. 206. — P. carnxMe, Lesso-ii, Ceatinie Zoologique 



PI. 73? 



leaiiliafl-diy Bring myself tb believe- that tbe Wootlpeek^i" figured' iii the plate^- is 

 the same as th« ©ne described bv Lesson as foilows—" Thi* Woodpeeker has neither red 

 nor green iii its plumage ; two colours only, black and white form its pi'iiniage ;: erest, 

 liead and bind neck, deep bJne-blask. — Tbroafc and foreaeek ashy greVf reliev-ed on each, 

 side by two broad wbit-e Biarks, readiing from the eommissure of the bill t» the upper part 

 of tlie thorax. All the lower part of the bo^' from the bretisi ©f a deep sraoksy broiwn.'?' 

 1'he uncoloured^ figure which accompanies my copy of Lessoii.'s ' Centiirie,' certainly sho-w» 

 a decided similarity in the appeaa^ance of the birdy and ebaraetsr of the markings^ but as- 

 suming Lessott^* description of the plumage to be eorreot, and! talking into consideration the- 

 very difte-rentloealsty ®f his^bird^, I am inclined to tJie opinieii ftbat the Ficv-s ccmente from; 

 Pt.'gii is a distinct speeie& from my P. cordatusr from thef6i5ests-of Malabac and Travan- 

 core. The attention now bestowed, on the diserknination of species has- had the result of 

 showing that several Woodpeekers^ previously eonsidered identical ffom dllFerent parts of 

 liidia and Malayana, are in reality only representatives of each other iii different districts.. 



