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Dr. Radde says that the material at his disposal, when he wrote the article on this species in 

 the ' Ornis Caucasica,' consisted of fifty-five old birds and five young. All these were obtained 

 in the lowlands and mountains of Talysch, whence he obtained more than one hundred in 1879 

 and 1880, and he never received it from any other locality in the Caucasus. He further remarks 

 that he cannot but consider it as being a very good species, as it is subject to very little variation, 

 and there are no specimens at all intermediate between this species and Picus major ; in fact, 

 examples of Picus major obtained in the Caucasus exhibit no tendency to brown on the under- 

 parts, but are much purer in coloration and whiter on the underparts than specimens from 

 Central Europe. Dr. Radde gives the measurements of this Woodpecker as follows : — Males : 

 culmen 1-05 to 1-25 inch, wing 4-8 to 4-85, tail 3'20 to 3-32, tarsus 0"92 to 0-95; females: 

 culmen 095, wiug 4-6 to 4-7, tail 2-80 to 2-95, tarsus 085 to 0"89. 



I do not find any description of the nest and eggs of this Woodpecker on record, but 

 Dr. Radde obtained in the mountains of Talysch, on the 10th June, four young birds not quite 

 full-grown. These, he says, had large dark red patches on the crown, which in one, a male, 

 extended from the nape close to the base of the bill, but in the other, a female, the red covered 

 a much smaller space. 



The specimens figured are those above described, and are in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, S ad- Lenkoran [Dr. G. Radde). b, ? . Lenkoran, November 24th, 1879 [Dr. G. Radde). 



E Mus. Brit, 

 a, $ . Lenkoran, December 10th (H. Seebohin) . 



E Mus. H. Seebohm. 

 a, 3 . Lenkoran, May 1st (Hoist). 



