356 WOODPECKER. 



15— MAHRATTA WOODPECKER. 



Picus Mahrattensis, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. xxxi. Gen. Zool. ix. 177. 

 Mahratta Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 142. 



THIS is rather larger than the Lesser Spotted. Head yellow 

 brown ; on each side of the nape white ; upper parts of the body 

 black, with large spots of white ; the rump white ; chin, and under 

 parts pale brown, with darker streaks down the middle of each 

 feather ; middle of the belly red ; quills and tail black, spotted with 

 white, having three spots on each tail feather, on the outer margin. 



From the Mahratta Country, in India. — A specimen of this is in 

 the British Museum. 



A. — Length seven inches. Bill brownish ; crown and nape 

 brownish yellow, darker at the nape ; cheeks under the eye brownish 

 dun, or cream-colour; beneath this, on each side of the neck, whitish, 

 spotted with brown ; under parts, from the chin, more or less white; 

 on each side of the throat, bounding both the cream-colour, and the 

 dotted whitish patch, runs an irregular streak of brown ; within this, 

 the chin and breast are dirty white ; lower part of the breast, belly, 

 and sides streaked with pale brown ; middle of the belly scarlet ; the 

 vent white ; back, wings, and tail black, marked with white spots ; 

 greater quills black; legs black. 



Inhabits India ; brought from thence by M. de Fichtel. 



B. — Length seven inches. Bill dusky lead-colour ; plumage on 

 the forehead, sides of the neck, and back, deep brown, waved more 

 or less with white ; at the back of the head the feathers are elongated 

 into a pointed crest of a sulphur-colour, paler at the ends, with a 



