94 “NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 
A very shy and difficult bird to obtain. It was observed several times in Northern 
Siam and especially up among the hills, but during the whole journey I only succeeded 
in obtaining two specimens, both shot in a mixed bamboo forest near Doi Par Sakeng. 
This species generally keeps to the ground, only visiting the trees when disturbed 
or frightened. It, however, never climbs high up the stems but always keeps to the lower 
half of the tree, where it conceals itself on the hindmost side. 
The female specimen is immature and has the head striped with rufescent buff. 
The male has the under tail-coverts of the same colour as the underparts of the 
body or perhaps a trifle paler. The underparts are also quite unbarred. 
176. Miglyptes jugularis. Briyrs. — The Black-and-Buff Woodpecker. 
Miglyptes jugularis: Oustalet 1899 p. 263; Gyldenstolpe 1; Gyldenstolpe II p. 230. 
JS Pak Koh °%/s 1914. L = 170 mm.; W = 102 mm.; T = 55 mm.; C = 19 mm. — Koon Tan 
24/, 1914. L—= 163 mm; W=101 mm; T=47 mm: C = 18 mm. — @ Bang Hue Pong */5 1914, 
L=175 mm; W=100 mm.; T= 49 mm.; C = 19,3 mm. — & Bang Hue Pong 75/5 1914. L = 168 
mm.; W = 99 mm.; T = 54 mm.; C = 18 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: greenish olive. 
Only obtained in the Northern hill-forests and even there rather scarce. It was 
most often met with in old clearings or open forests, never in thick jungle. 
177. Micropternus phaioceps phaioceps. Biuyta. — The Northern Rufous Woodpecker. 
Micropternus phaioceps phaioceps: Gyldenstolpe I p. 48; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe HI p. 230. 
Micropternus phacoceps: Grant p. 99. 
do Doi Par Sakeng **/; 1914. = 222 mm.; W = 126 mm.: T = 76 mm.; C = 26 mm. — F Doi 
Par Sakeng 7/7 1914. L = 235 mm.; W = 127 mm.; T = 78 mm.; C = 24 mm. — ¢ Koon Tan */5 1914. 
L= 230 mm.; W = 123,5 mm.; T = 83 mm.; C = 25 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: horn colour, base 
plumbeous. Legs: brown. 
The Siamese representative of the Rufous Wood-pecker must be referred to the 
short-winged form, which has been described by BiyTH under the above-mentioned 
name. In Northern India and probably Burma the Rufous Woodpecker is represented 
by another race which, according to Hxssz, is characterized by having wings measuring 
140,5—145 mm. This race ought to be separated as M. p. blythi Mauu. 
Further south in Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula and the Gr. Sunda Islands an- 
other race occurs which has been described by VieILLoT as M. brachyurus and this race 
is characterized by having the tail equally barred rufous and black, while in M. phaioceps 
the black bars are much narrower than the rufous ones. In WM. brachyurus the scale-like 
feathers are more conspicuous than those in M. phaioceps. 
The pair shot at Doi Par Sakeng in North-western Siam are very pale coloured on 
their heads, and the black centres to the feathers are almost obsolete. In their general 
appearance they are much paler than the specimen obtained at Koon Tan, which is of 
a rich rufous colour on the upper parts of the body. 
This specimen is probably an immature bird, because the underparts of the body are 
varied with black crescentic marks. In the specimens from Doi Par Sakeng the black bars 
of the tail-feathers are almost obsolete and there are only a few black spots and blotches. 
