WOODPECKER. 363 



A fine specimen in Mr. Bullock's Museum ; it is also among 

 others in the India House collection. 



Inhabits Java. — It seems to coincide with the Malacca Species, 

 possibly differing only in sex. 



25 —CINNAMON WOODPECKER. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill strong, and black ; plumage on the 

 upper parts plain cinnamon-colour, beneath, even with the eyes, white, 

 with a tinge of cinnamon ; legs black ; the wings short, reaching 

 scarcely to the base of the tail. 



Inhabits India ; called by the Bengalese Kaut tookra : described 

 from a specimen in the British Museum. 



26.— GORGET WOODPECKER. 



Picus pectoralis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxii. Gen. Zool. ix. 208. 

 Gorget Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. Addit. p. 372. 



LENGTH above nine inches. Bill pale horn-colour; head, 

 neck, and upper parts deep crimson or chestnut, growing very pale 

 on the rump; back and wings marked with numerous, curved, 

 transverse black crescents ; across the breast a large crescent of black ; 

 from thence to the vent pale dusky rufous, spotted with black ; rump 

 and vent marked with black ; tail black. 



Inhabits Queen Charlotte's Sound ; comes nearest in colour to 

 the Rufous Species, but is a larger bird, and probably a distinct 

 species. " 



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