THE BLACK-NAPED GREEN WOODPECKER. 51 
445. GECINUS OCCIPITALIS. 
THE BLACK-NAPED GREEN WOODPECKER. 
Picus occipitalis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 8 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Pic. p. 61. Chlo- 
ropicus occipitalis, Malh. Man. Pic. ii. p. 129, pL Ixxvii. fig. 4-6. Gecinus 
occipitalis, Jerd. B. hid. i. p. 287 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 125 ; Hume, S. F. 
iii. p. 70 ; PI. B. Biirm. p. 76 j Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 137 ; Hume, S. F. viii. 
p. 87 ; Oates, S. F. viii. p. 165; ScuUg, S. F. viii. p. 248 ; Bingham, S. F. ix. 
p. 164. 
Description. — Male. Forehead and the greater portion of the crown 
scarlet ; posterior part of crown^ nape, short occipital crest, the feathers 
immediately at the base of the upper mandible, a streak over the lores and 
eyes and a broad mandibular stripe black; lores and sides of the head 
greyish brown ; hind neck, back and scapulars green ; rump and upper 
tail- coverts brown, the feathers edged with bright yellow ; tail brown, the 
outer webs of the feathers edged with greenish yellow, and the four central 
feathers obsoletely barred ; wing-coverts and tertiaries fulvous-yellow ; 
primary-coverts brown, with obsolete white spots on the outer webs j pri- 
maries brown, with white spots on the outer webs and white bars on the 
basal half of the inner ; secondaries fulvous-yellow on the outer webs, 
brown barred with white on the inner ; chin and upper part of throat 
grey ; remainder of the lower plumage green, tinged with fulvous on the 
vent and under tail- coverts ; under wing- coverts white barred with 
brown. 
The female diflPers in having the forehead, crown and nape black, each 
feather edged with grey. 
Bill dull blackish brown ; eyelids purplish brown ; iris dull red ; legs 
dull green ; claws greenish horn-colour. 
Length 13 inches, tail 4*5, wing 5*7, tarsus I'l, bill from gape 1*8. The 
female is of the same size. 
The Black-naped Green Woodpecker is perhaps the commonest species 
of British Burmah, and is found in all parts of the Province except the 
southern half of Tenasserim, in which Division Mr. Davison did not 
observe it south of Tavoy ; but Capt. Bingham found it common through- 
out the Thoungyeen valley. 
It is probably found in the Indo-Burmese countries ; and it occurs in 
the hill-ranges of Eastern Bengal and throughout the Himalayas from 
Bhootan to Afghanistan. 
This species is found in all sorts of jungle except the dense evergreen 
forests. I have found its eggs in May and June in Pegu, and Capt. Bingham 
found them in Tenasserim in April. It lays three or four eggs. 
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