BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Tjukhurplior, Hind : Kat tohra, Beng, : Kat- 

 harya, Masiiri : Theet-touk, Burin. : Glato, 

 Malay : Tuhki, Sum- ; Peatulc, Jav. : Pilli hu- 

 dua (same name as for King-fishers), Cingh- 

 Subfam. CAMPEPHILENiE. 



Genus CAMPEPHILUS, G. K. Gray. 



a validus {PI. Col. 378, 402). 

 Syn. Picus validus, Reinwardt. 



Inhabits Western Malasia. Malacca. 

 . Genus HEMIGERCUS, Swainson- 



H. canente (Lesson's Ce7it. Zool. pi- ?3 ; 

 Jerdon's III Ind. Orn. pi. 40). 



5^'--SyN, Picus canente, Lesson. 



H. cordatus, Jerdon (rather smaller race). 



Inhabits Burmese countries (Arracan, Tenas- 

 Berim, Pegu) : also S. India. 



H. concretus. (PI. Col. 90, f. 1, 2). 

 Syn. Picus concretus, Reinwardt. 

 Inhabits W. Malasia ; Malayan peninsula. 

 Genus HEMILOPHUS, Swainson. 

 H, pulvendentus {PI. Gol. 389). 



Syn, Picus pulverulentus, Tem. 



P. javensis, foem., apud, Horsfield, Zinn. 

 rr. XIII, 76. 



Inhabits Burmese and Malay countries. 



Jf. Hodgsonii, Jerdon {III. Ind. Orn. pi. 5)- 



Inhabits Neilgiris ; Malabar. 



H. javensis. 



Syn. Picus javensis, Horsfield. 

 P. leucogaster, Reinwardt, 

 • •Great Malayan Woodpecker,' J. A. S 

 ' ' VI. 952. 



Peatai cayam, Java. Inhabits Malay coun- 

 tries ; Tenasserim. 

 H. funebris. 



. Syn. Picus funebris, Valenciennes. 

 P. modestus, Vigora, P. Z, S. 



Inhabits Philippines. 



Genus CHRYSOCOLAPTES, Blyth. 



Chr. sultanens, 



Syn Picus sultaneus, Hodgson, J. A. S. VI. 

 105. 



P. strictus apud, Jerdon, Catal. 

 P. strenus, Gould, mentioned P. Z. S. 1839, 

 p. 165. 



Inhabits India jrenerally, chiefly the hill for- 

 ests, rare in the plains : also Assam, Sylhet, 

 Arracan, Tenasserim, and Malayan peninsula 

 southward as far as Malacca. 



phr. goensis {PI. JEnl. 696). 



Syn. Picus goensis, Gmelin. 



Dendrocopus EUiotti, Jerdon, Catal. 

 l:': - -^'^) Chr. melanotus, Blyth. J. A. S. XII. 1005. 



Inhabits Indian peninsula ; rare in most 

 parts ; common in a few localities. 



CJir. hamatribon. 



Stn. Picus hsematribon, Wagler. 



P. spilolophus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 98 



(the female). 



Inhabits Philippines. 



Genus BRACHYPTERNU3, Strickland. 

 Br. ceylonus (N-. nat. Forsch , 13, pi. 4). 



Syn. Picus Ceylonus, Forster. 

 P. neglectus, Wagler. 



P. ery thronotus (?), et P. rubescens (?) Vieil- 

 lot. 



Inhabits Ceylon, where very common. 



Br. aurantius (Edwards, pi. 182 ; PI. Enl. 

 695). 



Syn. Picus aurauntius, L. 



P. bengalensis, Gmelin (nec Horsfield, Linn. 



Tr. XIII. 176). 

 P. nuchalis, Wagler. 

 P. Tibetanus, Natterer. 

 P. psarode.s, Lichtenstein, 

 p. hemipodius, Swainson. 

 iMalacolophus ? melanochrysos, Hodgson, 



J. A. S. VI. 109. 

 Br. micropus, Blyth, J. A. S. XIV. 194. 

 Var- P. chiysunotus. Lesion. 



Inhabits India generally ; Ceylon. 



Genus TIG A, Kaup. 



T. Shorei, (Gould's ' Century,' pi. 49). 



Syn. Picus Shorei, Vigors^ P. Z. S. 1831, p. 175; 

 J. A. S. XIV. 193. 



Inhabits Himalaya, and hilly regions of S* 

 India. 



T. intermedia, Blyth, J. A. S. XIV. 193), 



Inhabits Nepal ; Assam ; Sylhet ; Arracan ; 

 Tenasserim ; Penang; S. India. 



T. tridactyla (J. A. S. XIV. 193). 



Syn. Chiysonotns tridactylus, Swainson. 

 Picus tiga, Horsfield. 



Tuhki Besor of Malays, Sumatra. Inhabits 

 Malay countries. 



T. Rafflesii. (J. A. S. XV. 16). 



Syn. Picus Rafflesii, Vigors. 

 T. labaruni, Lesson. 

 T. amictus. Gray, 



Inhabits Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra. 



Subfam. GECININ^. 



Genus GECINUS, Boie. 



G. squamatus (Gould's ' Century' pi. 48). 



Syn, Picus squamatus, Vigors. 



P. dimidiatus apud Hardwicke and Gray 

 (nec Temminck). 



Inhabits Himalaya. 



G. striolatus, Blyth, J. A. S. XII. 1000. 

 Syn. G. squamatus apud, Jerdon, Catal. 

 Inhabits Himalaya, and hilly regions of 

 India : occurs, though rare on the plains. 



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