GOULD'S YELLOW-NAPED WOODPECKEB, 
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Genus CHUYSOPHLEGMA, Gould. 
438. CHRYSOPHLEGMA FLAVINUCHA. 
GOULD'S YELLOW-NAPED WOODPECKER. 
Picus flavinucha, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 120 ; Sundev. Co7isp. Av. Pic. p. 57. 
Chloropicus flavinucha, Mal/i. Mon. Pic. ii. p. 106, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 1-4. 
Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 289 ; Hume^ S. F. iii. p. 71 ; 
Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 137 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 87. 
Description. — Male. Forehead and crown cinnamon-brown_, the edges of 
the feathers greenish^ and the nape distinctly tinged with green ; posterior 
portion of the crest and the hind neck bright yellow ; chin, throat and 
cheeks yellow, the black bases of the throat-feathers showing through ; 
fore neck greenish black, the bases of the feathers white and showing up 
very plainly in places ; sides of the head and neck greenish brown j the 
whole upper plumage and wing-coverts bright green ; tail black ; primaries 
barred with black and cinnamon-red; secondaries and tertiaries barred 
black and cinnamon-red, and with the outer webs broadly edged with 
green ; the later secondaries and the tertiaries also tipped with green ; 
breast smoky greenish brown ; remainder of lower plumage ashy brown. 
The female diflPers in having the chin and throat reddish brown. 
Bill dusky bluish white ; iris red ; eyelids, gape and naked skin at gape 
greenish blue ; legs dusky blue ; claws horn-colour. 
Length 13 inches, tail 5*1, wing 6'2, tarsus "9, bill from gape 1*6. The 
female is of the same size. 
Gould^s Yellow-naped Woodpecker occurs in most of the deep forests 
of Pegu, and it is particularly abundant in all parts of the Pegu hills. 
Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay met with it at Tonghoo and on the Karin hills. 
Mr. Davison found it in Tenasserim down to about the latitude of Moul- 
mein ; and Capt. Bingham states that it is fairly common in the Thoung- 
yeen valley. Mr. Blyth records it from Arrakan. 
It extends north into the hill-tracts of Eastern Bengal ; and Dr. Jerdon 
says that it is found throughout the Himalayas. . 
This Woodpecker is found in thick forests; and it is in the habit of 
descending to the ground to search for food . 
