362 WOODPECKER. 



at the top, nape yellow ; belly striated ; wings red ; rump greenish ; 

 tail brown. — The two last seem to belong to the Red Species, pro- 

 bably Varieties. 



23 —MALACCA WOODPECKER. 



Picus Malaccensis, Ind. Orn.'i. 241. Gen. Zool. ix. 192. 

 Le Pic de Malacca, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 211. 

 Malacca Woodpecker, Geni Syn. Sup. ii. p. 111. 



LESS than the Green Woodpecker. Bill black ; irides red ; 

 top of the head dull crimson ; the feathers long, forming a slight 

 crest ; throat and fore part of the neck, rufous yellow ; lesser wing 

 coverts crimson ; quills dusky red on the outer, and brown, marked 

 with roundish white spots, on the inner webs; breast, belly, and 

 vent rufous white, crossed with black bands ; back reddish grey ; 

 rump pale greenish yellow, banded with black ; tail black, the 

 feathers remarkably stiff, and the shafts prominent; legs black. 



Inhabits Malacca. 



24— CRIMSON-WINGED WOODPECKER. 



Picus puniceus, Lin. Trans, xiii. 176. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill one inch, deep blackish 

 horn-colour, beneath white ; the plumage in general above green ; 

 crown of the head mixed dusky and crimson ; sides of the nape at 

 the bottom yellow ; wings of a fine high crimson, with a chestnut 

 tinge, passing down the middle of the wing ; inner scapulars dull 

 green; quills brown ; the chin, and before to the breast, dirty butf; 

 belly olive-green, waved across with white spots ; under wing coverts 

 the same; tail black; legs brown. 



