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PICUS SYEIACUS. 



(SYRIAN PIED WOODPECKER.) 



Picus syriacus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves, fol. r. note 5 (1828). 

 Picus major, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 100 (nee Linn.). 

 Carrupethera syriaca, Gray, Gen. of B. iii. App. p. 21 (1849). 

 Picus fuliginosus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 75 (1854). 

 Picus cruentatus, Antin. Naumannia, 1856, p. 411. 

 Picus felicice, Malh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 127 (1861). 

 Dendroco-ptes syriacus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hem. v. p. 41 (1863). 

 Dendrocopus felicice, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. v. p. 30 (1863). 

 Picus khan, De Filippi, Viagg. in Persia, p. 350 (1865). 



Figurw notabiles. 



Antin. Naumannia, 1856, Taf. 4; Malh. Monogr. Picid. iii. pi. xx. fig. 4 (juv.), et pi. xxviii. 

 figs. 8-11 (ad.). 



d ad. supra niger : occipite coccineo : fronte et facie laterali tota, cum colli lateribus, albis, linea nigra, trans- 

 versali nulla : tectricibus alarum nigris, majoribus interioribus et scapularibus albis plagam alarem 

 magnam formantibus : remigibus nigris, primariis versus apicem brunnescentibus, extus et intus albo 

 maculatis : cauda nigra, rectricis extimse pogoniis albo bis maculatis : fascia mystacali et altera trian- 

 gulari ad latera colli posita. nigris : corpore subtus lactescenti-albo, abdomine imo crissoque coccineis : 

 subalaribus albis : rostro plumbescente, mandibula paullo flavicante : pedibus plumbeis : iride rubra. 



5 mari similis : sed pileo to to nigro. 



c? juv. sordidior et adultis distinguendus vertice coccineo, occipite nigro, torque pectorali coccineo et lineis 

 longitudinalibus fuscis pectoralibus, remigibus etiam albo terminatis. 



Adult Male. Glossy black above; occiput crimson; forehead and sides of the face silky white, with a 

 creamy appearance on the former; a black malar stripe extending from the base of the bill, and joining 

 another, triangular patch on the sides of the neck, extending in a half circle down on to the breast ; 

 scapulars white ; wing-coverts black, the inner greater ones white, forming with the scapulars a very 

 large shoulder-patch ; quills black, the primaries brownish towards the tip, the outer and inner webs 

 spotted with white, spots decreasing in number towards the secondaries ; tail black, the two outer tail- 

 feathers marked with four spots of yellowish white, two on each web ; under surface of the body creamy 

 white, with a small crescent-like patch on each side of the chest; the abdomen and vent pale rose- 

 colour ; under wing-coverts white ; bill bluish, the under mandible yellowish at the base ; feet lead- 

 colour; iris reddish. Total length 9 - 4 inches, culmen 1"3, wing 5"1, tail 35, tarsus 085. 



Adult Female. Exactly similar to the male, but has the head all black with no crimson occipital crest. 



Young. Similar to the adults as regards the distribution of colours, but more fluffy in plumage, and witli 



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