piciD.E. 159 



Sp, 6. Pi. Javensis. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v.xin.p. 175. 



Pi. itiger capite cristato cum tcBnid colli laterali coccineis ; ahdo- 



mine sordide testaceo. 

 Black Woodpecker with the head crested^ the crest and a stripe 



on the side of the neck scarlet; the abdomen pale testaceous. 

 Jayan Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii„ p. 353, 



Inhabits Java. Length eighteen inches : general 

 colour of the plumage black : head with a crimson 

 crest, composed of elongated feathers : at the sides 

 of the neck a crimson stripe : belly testaceous. The 

 female is about one inch longer than the male, and 

 paler in colour, the head variegated above with 

 blackish-green and white: under the eye a scarlet 

 mark : belly of the same colour with the rest of the 

 body : the throat and lower part of the neck isabella- 

 yellow, 



Sp. 7. Pi. Philippinarum. Stepk. v. ix.p. 190. — The Philippine 



Islands. 

 Sp. 8. Pi. Manillensis. Steph. v. h.. p. 189. — The Manillas. 

 Sp. 9. Pi. Macei. Cuvier. Temm. PI. Col, 59./ 2. 

 Pi. supra niger, albo strigosus, subtus alhidusfmco lineatis; fronte 



cinereo; capite rufo; lateribus colli striga nigra. 

 Woodpecker above black, striped with white ; beneath whitish, 



dashed with brown ; with the forehead ash-coloured ; the head 



red ; and a black stripe on the sides of the neck. 



Inhabits India. Length about six inches and a 

 quarter : the male has the forehead ash-coloured : the 

 head deep red : the back and wings black, marked 

 with numerous white stripes : the two lateral tail-fea- 

 thers are striped with black and white, the others are 

 entirely black : the cheeks and neck are pure white : 

 on the sides of the neck is a black stripe : all the 



