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riety" of P. concretus of Java. The adult male has the forehead and 

 crown bright crimson, continued on a few of the uppermost and cen- 

 tral of the long feathers of the occiput : in the young male, the fore- 

 head and crown are chesnut-brown, with a tinge of red on the medial 

 long feathers of the occiput ; the pale yellowish buff portion of the 

 plumage of the upper parts being also more developed : and the fe- 

 male has the forehead, crown, and occiput, smoky-grey, like the sides 

 of the head of the males.* 



P. (Dendrocopus) darjellensis, nobis. This Woodpecker is de- 

 scribed in J. A. S. XI. 165, as the adult of P. himalayensis, Jardine 

 and Selby ; and true P. himalayensis is there given as the young : 

 but the two are distinct, the present one having a larger bill, mea- 

 suring an inch and three-eighths to forehead, in addition to its under 

 parts being streaked with black ; its white wing-spot is also con- 

 siderably smaller. Very common at Darjeeling, and in Nepal. Mr. 

 Hodgson sent it by the hybrid name majoroides, which can scarcely 

 be adopted. 



The other Indian Woodpeckers of this subgenus are as follow : — 



2. L. himalayensis, Jardine and Selby, 111. Orn., 1st. series, pi. 

 CXVI. Found chiefly, I suspect, to the westward of Nepal. 



3. P. cathpharius, Hodgson, nobis, /. A. S. XII, 1006. Nepal : 

 common at Darjeeling. 



4. P. hyperythrus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23 ; Gould's ' Century/ 

 pi. L. Remarkable for the slender form of its bill. Himalaya. 



5. P. Macei, Cuv. ; figured in Hardwicke's ///. Ind Zool. : P. 

 analis, Tem. ; P. minor, apud Raffles and Horsfield ; P. medius from 

 India, apud Latham. Northern India generally, and Malay countries. 

 The only species of the subgenus found in Lower Bengal, where ex- 

 ceedingly common, as it also is in the vicinity of the Straits. It fre- 

 quently occurs, likewise, in collections from the Himalaya. 



6. P. brunnifrons, Gould's ' Century,' pi. LI I ; Vigors, P. Z. S. 

 1831, p. 176. : P. auriceps, Vigors, ibid. p. 44. Himalaya. 



7. P. mahratlensisy Latham : P. aurocrislatus, Tickell, J. A. S. 

 II, 579 : figured in Gould's * Century,' pi. LI., and also by Hardwicke 

 and Gray. Hilly regions of India generally. 



* P. validus, Tem., is allied in form to Hemicercus, but cannot be arranged under 

 it : and as another marked sub-genus, I may indicate the P. funebris, Valenciennes, 

 v. modestus, Vigors. 



