150 piciDJS. 



Dendrocopus himalayensis {Jard. Sf Selby). 



Dendrocopus himalayensis, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p.. 220 

 (1890) ; Oates ed. Sume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 301 (1890) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit Ind., Birds, iii. p. 34 (1895) ; Sharps, Hand-l. u. 

 p. 213 (1900), 



An egg of the Himala3'an Pied Woodpeclser in the Collection is 

 moderately glossy, and measures -98 by "73. 



1. Kotegurh, Himalayas, 28th June. Hume Coll. 



Dendrocopus cathpharius {Hodgs.). 



Dendrocopus cathpharius, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 223 (1890) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 302 (1890) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 37 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 213 

 (1900).- 



An egg of the Lesser Pied Woodpecker in the Collection is 

 moderately glossy, and measures -77 by -61. 



1. Darjiling, Sikhim, 4000 feet, 19th Hume Coll. 

 April {J. Oammie). 



Dendrocopus syriacus (Hemp: ^ Ehrenl.). 



Pious syriacus, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 35 (1871). 



Dendrocopus syriacus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 225 (1890) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 



(1900). 



The eggs of the Syrian Pied Woodpecker are very glossy, and 

 measure from -97 to I'l in length, and from -67 to "78 in breadth. 



1. Smyrna, 12th May {T. Kriiper : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Smyrna, 12th May (T. Kriiper). Seebohm Coll. 



S. Mersina, Asia Minor, 14th May. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Beyrut, Syria, 28th May [Field Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Dendrocopus villosus {Linn.). 



Picus villosus, Baird, Brewer Sr Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 603 (1874) ; 



Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 171 (1896). 

 Dendrocopus villosus, Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. p. 230 (1890) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 166 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 214 



(1900). 

 Dryobates villosus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 46 (1895). 



The eggs of the Hairy Woodpecker are very glossy, and measure 

 from "9 to 1 in length, and from -7 to ■75.,in breadth. 



1. Canada (Montreal Mus. : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.). 



5. Toronto, 24th May, Crowley Bequest. 



5. Toronto, 1st June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.], 



3. Oxford, Maine, 25th May, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.], 



