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PICID^. 



under parts are dirty white, dashed with brown, at 

 small distances : the under tail-coverts are red. 



Sp. 10. Pi. miniatus. Steph. v. ix. p. 2 \ 0. pi. 35 *******. — Java. 

 Sp. 11. Pi. tristis. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. /?. 177. 



Pi. supra nigro alboque irregulariter Jasciatus, subtus niger ; 

 uropygio albo. 



Woodpecker above irregularly striped with black and white, be- 

 neath black ; with the rump white. 

 Picas poicilophus. Temm. PI. Col. \97.f. 1? 



Inhabits Java. Length seven inches : the pileus 

 and cervix are delicately striped with black and white : 

 the quills, tail, and femoral feathers are banded with 

 black and white : called Platuk-'water by the Ja* 

 vanese. 



Sp. 12. Pi. concretus. Temm. PL Col. 90. f. I, 2. 



Pi. capite cristato, crista aurantiaco-rubra ; Jronte nuchdque flams; 



corpore supra nigro flavo variegato; infra malisque ardosiacis. 

 Woodpecker with the head crested, the crest orange-red ; with 



the forehead and nape yellow ; the body above black varied with 



yellow J beneath and cheeks slate-colour. 



Inhabits Java, Sumatra, &c. Length five, or five 

 and a half, inches : it is a variable species : those 

 received from Java having the forehead and nape in 

 the male dull yellow : the top of the head and the 

 occiput adorned with long orange-red feathers, form- 

 ing a crest, which can be elevated at pleasure : the 

 cheeks and the lower part of the body are slate- ■ 

 colour, with a few very delicate stripes on the abdo- 

 men : the feathers of the upper part of the back, the ^ 

 scapulars, and the wing-coverts are black, each being 

 bordered with a yellow band : the rump is of an 



