PICID.E. 



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Sp. 6. Pi. Javensis. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v.xin.p. 175. 



Pi. niger capite cristato cum tcenid colli laterali coccineis ; ahdo- 



mine sordide testaceo. 

 Black Woodpecker with the head crested, the crest and a stripe 



on the side of the neck scarlet ; the abdomen pale testaceous. 

 Javan Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii, p» 353. 



Inhabits Java. Length eighteen inches : general 

 colour of the plumage black : head with a crimson 

 crest, composed of elongated feathers : at the sides 

 of the neck a crimson stripe : belly testaceous. The 

 female is about one inch longer than the male, and 

 paler in colour, the head variegated above with 

 blackish-green and white : under the eye a scarlet 

 mark : belly of the same colour with the rest of the 

 body : the throat and lower part of the neck isabella- 

 yellow. 



Sp. 7. Pi. Philippinarum. Steph. v. ix, p. 190. — The Philippine 

 Islands. 



Sp. 8. Pi. Manillensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 189. — The Manillas. 

 Sp. 9. Pi. Macei. Cuvier. Temm. PI. Col. 59./ 2. 



Pi. supra niger ^ albo strigosus, subtus albidusjusco lineatis; f route 

 cinereo; capite rufo; lateribus colli strigd nigra. 



Woodpecker above black, striped with white j beneath whitish, 

 dashed with brown ; with the forehead ash-coloured ; the head 

 red ; and a black stripe on the sides of the neck. 



Inhabits India. Length about six inches and a 

 quarter : the male has the forehead ash-coloured : the 

 head *deep red : the back and wings black, marked 

 with numerous white stripes : the two lateral tail-fea- 

 thers are striped with black and white, the others are 

 entirely black : the cheeks and neck are pure white : 

 on the sides of the neck is a black stripe : all the 



