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provinces ; in which latter range of territory G. occipitalis, (Vig.,) v. 

 barbatus, (Gray,) undistinguishable from the Himalayan bird, appears 

 likewise to be of plentiful occurrence. 



G. chlorigaster, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. No. XXXI, 138 : Picus mentalis 

 apud Jerdon, Catal. Though closely allied to G. chloropus, Vieillot, v. 

 nipalensis, Gray, with which I formerly identified it, this Woodpecker 

 proves on comparison to be a distinct species. It is rather smaller than 

 G. chloropus, and readily distinguishable by the crimson of its whole 

 occiput, which is transversely separated from the dark green of the 

 crown, and forms a pointed crest behind, which completely overhangs 

 the silky yellow feathers of the nape : in G. chloropus, this yellow nuchal 

 crest is much more developed, and the crimson is confined to the sides of 

 the occiput, the central portion being green continued from the forehead, 

 and the partly red and partly green occipital crest is not prolonged to 

 the length of the yellow feathers beneath it. G. chloropus has the colours 

 generally brighter and more contrasted than G. chlorigaster : the dusky 

 green of the neck and breast contrasts with the brighter green of the 

 upper- parts ; there is a greater admixture of white about the throat and 

 ear-coverts, which last are uniform dark green in G. chlorigaster ; and the 

 loral feathers are conspicuously white, with a black streak above, this 

 white being scarcely observable in G. chlorigaster : the mottling of the 

 flanks is also of a different pattern. Length of wing four inches and 

 three-quarters; in P. chloropus, five inches to five and a quarter. 

 Inhabits Southern India. 



In XIV, 193, I distinguished three species of the three-toed Wood- 

 peckers forming the division Tiga of Kaup ; and in a note to p. 551, I 

 mentioned the existence of a splendid fourth species from Malacca. The 

 latter proves to be the P. Rafflesii, Vigors, of the ' Appendix to Sir St. 

 Raffles's Life' by Lady Raffles, p. 669. I took the following description 

 of a female, in the collection of Captain Thomas, of the 39th Regt. B. N. I. 

 Length a foot; of wing five inches and three-quarters, and of middle 

 tail-feathers four and three-quarters : bill to gape an inch and five- 

 eighths. Colour dull uniform golden-green above ; the crown, much 

 lengthened occipital feathers, primaries and their coverts, and tail, dusky 

 black, with whitish tips to the primaries ; forehead ruddy orange ; throat 

 and moustaches, pale yellowish-buff ; and lower parts of a dingy, ruddy, 

 somewhat dusky, greenish-brown, with some transverse whitish spots 



