17^ LEONHARD stejneger : 



smaller than the true Y. ki^uki, «the head is nearly black, and there 

 are only four very small white Spots on the outer webs of each of 

 the three longest primaries.» 



37. BLYTHIPICUS?? NOGUCHII (Seebohm). 



Picus noguchü Seebohm, t. c, p. 178, pl. VII. — A still more 

 interesting novelty discovered and described by the same parties. 

 Unfortunately, Mr. Seebohm has not determined the exact genus, 

 to which this bird belongs, nor has he given the structural cha- 

 racters, by which it may be separated, the only remarks to that 

 effect being that «in the shape and pale colour of its bill, and 

 in the smallness of its nasal bristles, this species resembles Venilia, 

 Xylolepes, and some other of the pseudo-genera of Woodpeckers. » 

 With these remarks for a guide, and guessing from the general fea- 

 tures as shown in the plate, we have provisionally referred it to the 

 genus Blyihiplcus* Like the species usually referred to that genus, 

 it may then, probably, be distinguished from all other Japanese 

 Woodpeckers by having the nostrils nearly entirely exposed. For 

 the benefits of those readers who may not have access to Seebohm 's 

 description in the «Ibis» I. repoint it as follows : 



«It is a young bird which has partly completed its moult into the 

 plumage of the adult. 



«The general colour of the Upper parts is black, each feather 

 on the forehead, crown, and nape tipped with crimson. All the 

 small feathers of the Upper parts, except the wing-coverts, are obscu- 

 rely tipped with dull crimson. There is a white spot on each of all 

 the quills at the base, and, in addition, a white spot on the outer 

 web of the third to the sixth primaries, and two white spots on the 

 inner webs of the third to the eighth primaries. The tail is uniform 

 black. The sides of the head, the chin, and the throat are brown, 

 shading into nearly black on the breast and the rest of the under- 

 parts. The old feathers on the underparts below the throat are tipped 



* Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zygodact p. 9 (in Ateneo, Italiano., No. 8, May. i8;.|. 

 = Lepocestes Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein., IV, p. 1 10 (i86j). 



