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14. P. squamatus^ Vigors; P. dimidiatus. Gray, not of Temminck. — Immature 

 plumage, having the crown and occiput more scarlet than in the adult, the breast a 

 little streaky, and the under-parts marked but obscurely. This and the preceding 

 species, which are nearly allied to the two green Woodpeckers of Europe, are included 

 with them in the subgeneric division Gecinus of Boie. 



15. P. tiga, Horsfield, Chrysonotus tridactytus, Swainson. — The Indian Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. This bird only differs in plumage from the P. Shorii, Vigors, as figured 

 in Gould's Century, by w^anting the defined brown markings on the throat and fore 

 neck ; and as there is some tinge of the same about the throat, and on the sides of the 

 neck, of the present specimen, I incline to consider them identical. This three- 

 toed species is not particularly allied to the three-toed Woodpeckers of the North, which 

 essentially pertain to quite a different section of the genus— the Dendrocopus, Swain- 

 son; but it closely approximates to the common P. Bengalensis, which has a minute 

 inner back toe, and is intermediate in plumage to that species and another and larger 

 Woodpecker in our collection, (the P, Sultaneus, Hodgson,) which has a proportionate- 

 ly much larger beak, and a full-sized fourth toe ; from the latter, the only marked dif- 

 ference of plumage consists in the three-toed species having the hind neck black (as 

 in P. Bengalensis,) instead of white; while from the other it differs more conspicuous- 

 ly by its crimson rump, and the uniform golden orange colour of the wings externally. 

 All three are stated by Mr. Barb to inhabit the Tenasserim provinces. 



16. P. hadius. Raffles ; P, brachyurus, Vieillot and Wagler ; P. rufus, Gray, not of 

 Wagler. 



17. P. {Meiglyptes. Sw.,) poiocephalus, Temminck : an adult male and young 

 female specimen. Common in Tenasserim, as are all the other Woodpeckers which have 

 been mentioned. 



18. Oxylophus ? — Undetermined. I believe, a well known species, but the name 



of which 1 have not been able to ascertain. Length 17 inch, of wing from bend 6| 

 inches, and tail 10 inches. Beak 1§ inch from forehead, and tarse posteriorly 1 inch. 

 Coronal feathers elongated. Upper parts blackish-brown having agreen shine, except 

 a half collar of white at the ba,ck of the neck ; under-parts white, tinged with rufous 

 on the throat, fore-neck, and under surface of the wings anteriorly ; lower tail-coverts 

 dusky-black; primary and secondary quills and their coverts deep ferrugineous, the tail 

 feathers slightly tipped with whitish. Beak blackish horn-colour; and legs greenish 

 plumbeous. This bird is common in Tenasserim, where the O. edolius, which is nu- 

 merous in Bengal, was not observed by Mr. Barb. It would appear to be nearly allied 

 to O. Coromandus. 



19. Phoenicophceus longicaudatus ? Nobis, n. s ? — Length 23| inches, of wing from 

 bend 6 inches, and middle tail feathers 15| inches, the outermost 51 inches, and the rest 

 evenly graduating. Beak 1| inch from forehead, and tarse posteriorly 1^ inch. Ge- 

 neral colour dark greenish-grey ; the wings and tail shining dark-green, with a white 

 tip to each tail-feather ; front of the neck and breast paler, passing into whitish on the 

 throat and immediately around the naked space encircling the eye, these whitish fea- 

 thers having dark shafts, which terminate ia a slightly prolonged hair-like bristle ; 

 small anterior portion of the lores black. Beak bright- green, and legs dusky. A com- 

 mon species in Tenasserim, and always seen in pairs. Th ^Centropus pyrrhopterus is 

 also very common there, as in India generally. 



