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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
maries dark brown_, with a row of white spots on both webs ; secondaries 
brown_, very broadly edged with green on the outer webs, a series of white 
spots or bars on the inner webs_, a few obsolete spots on the outer ; a line 
of black along the edge of the scarlet on the forehead ; a narrow white line 
from the eye over the ear-coverts ; lores and a stripe under the eye and ear- 
coverts whitish ; sides of the head and ear-coverts greyish brown, striated 
darker ; whole lower plumage dull green, the edges of the feathers paler 
and each feather with two brown stripes meeting near the tip, giving 
the appearance of scales; chin and throat greyer and with the stripes less, 
marked; under wing-coverts white, barred with blackish. 
The female has the red on the head replaced by black. 
Iris red, surrounded by white; eyelids plumbeous; legs olive-green; 
claws pale horn-colour; upper mandible and tip of the lower horn-colour, 
remainder of the lower mandible yellow. 
Length 11*5 inches, tail 4, wing 5*5, tarsus 1, bill from gape 1*4. The 
female is of about the same size. 
This species is very similar in general appearance to the preceding. The 
markings on the lower plumage, however, are of quite a different character 
in the two species ; and G. viridanus may also be distinguished by the broad 
black mandibular stripe, which is absent in G. striolatus. 
Blyth^s Striated Green Woodpecker, as far as I have observed it in 
British Burmah, seems confined to the Prome and Thayetmyo Districts, 
where it is very abundant. Mr. Blanford, however, procured it in the 
Irrawaddy Delta ; and Lord Tweeddale received it from Tonghoo. It will 
probably be found in Arrakan. 
It extends through the Indo-Burmese countries and the hill-tracts 
o£ Eastern Bengal, and is found over the whole continent of India down 
to Ceylon. Information is wanting regarding its limit to the west ; but it 
has been obtained near Mount Aboo and in Oudh. 
This "Woodpecker frequents the dry forests termed " Ingdein by the 
Burmese, and it feeds a good deal on the ground. In India it breeds from 
March to May, laying five eggs in a hole of a tree. 
