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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
an elevation o£ 4000 feet. Mr. Blyth^ as quoted by Dr. Jerdon, states that 
this species is very common at Akyab. 
It is found in the hill-tracts of Eastern Bengal, and it extends along the 
lower ranges of the Himalayas from Assam to the Cabool river. To the 
south it is said to occur at Malacca. 
It breeds in India from March to June. 
429. PICUS ATRATUS. 
THE STRIPE-BREASTED PIED WOODPECKER. 
Picus atratus, Bl. J. A. 8. B. xviii. p. 803, xxviii. p. 412 ; Malh. Mon. Pic. i. p. 72 ; 
Sundev. Consp. Av. Pic. p. 25 ; Walcl Ibis, 1876, p. 343 ; Hume 8r Bav. S. F. vi. 
pp. 123, 500 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 87. Dendrotypes atratus, Bl. Sf Wold. 
B. Burm. p. 77. 
Description. — Male. Similar to P. macii, differing only in the following 
points : — The lower plumage is brighter fulvous and very boldly streaked 
with black ; the feathers of the occiput are lengthened ; the six central 
tail-feathers are unspotted ; the sides of the head and the throat are pure 
silvery white ; the breast is tinged with crimson. 
The female differs from the male in having the crown of the head black, 
not crimson. 
This species may be recognized by the crown being crimson in the male, 
black in the female ; by the six central tail-feathers being unspotted black ; 
by the sides of the head and throat being pure white ; and by the lower 
plumage being very boldly streaked with black. 
Legs and feet dark plumbeous or plumbeous brown ; claws very dark 
brown ; irides light wood- to deep brown ; upper mandible dull black, 
dark brown or horny brown ; lower mandible and extreme base of upper 
mandible pale plumbeous or bluish white. {Davison.) 
Length 8 inches, tail 3*3, wing 4*5, tarsus "75, bill from gape 1-2. The 
female is of much the same size. 
The Stripe-breasted Pied Woodpecker, so far as is at present known, is 
confined to British Burmah, and appears to be a rare bird. Capt. Wardlaw 
Ramsay procured it in the Karin hills, east of Tonghoo, at 3000 and 
4000 feet elevation ; and Mr. Davison observed it in Tenasserim in the 
pine-forests of the Salween river and on and near Mooleyit. It does not 
appear to frequent lower altitudes than 3000 feet. 
Nothing is noted about its habits. 
