THE GREAT SLATY WOODPECKER. 
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I have not seen it in any part of Southern Pegu myself. It appears to be 
common on the Arrakan hills, for my man shot several specimens when 
travelling on those hills with Mr. Theobald ; but I cannot say how far 
north it extends. Mr. Davison found it in the northern portion of Tenas- 
serim, and Capt. Bingham in the Thoungyeen valley. 
It is not known to occur outside the limits of British Burmah. 
Mr. Hume has pointed out that Hemilophiis crawfurdi, J. E. Gray (Grif- 
fith's Cuv. An. Kingd., Birds_, ii. p. 513, pL), cannot be identified with the 
present species ; and on examining the original description and plate of 
H. crawfurdi, I am able to confirm Mr. Hume's statement. The bird is 
thus described : — " The whole upper part, except the crest, is deep dark 
brown, sprinkled with grey on the sides of the neck ; across the breast is a 
large lunule patch of slate- colour with small dark waves ; the belly is 
yellow, with the like crescent-shaped spots, and the crest is deep red."" 
The plate corresponds with the description. This species, therefore, 
remains to be rediscovered. 
T.feddeni is found in secondary jungle and on the outskirts of forests. 
It is fond of saplings and small trees, and I do not remember to have ever 
seen it on large trees. 
Genus ALOPHONERPES, Reich. 
' 425. ALOPHONERPES PULVERULENTUS. 
THE GREAT SLATY WOODPECKER. 
Picus pulverulentus, Temm. PI. Col. 389 ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Pic. p. 10, Picus 
gutturalis, Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 178. Dryopicus gutturalis, Malh. 
Mon. Pic. i. p. 51, pi. xv. fig. 4-7. Alophonerpes pulverulentus, Salvad. 
Uec. Born. p. 51 ; Bl. Sf Wald. B. Burm. p. 75 ; Wardlaiv Ramsmj, Ibis, 1877, 
p. 457. MuUeripicus pulverulentus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 284 ; Hume, S. F. 
iii. p. 66 ; Hume 8r Dav. S. F. vi. p. 133 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 87 ; Bingham, 
S. F. ix. pp. 162, 472. 
Description. — Male. Forehead, crown, nape, sides and back of the neck 
ashy, each feather tipped with greyish white ; back, scapulars, rump and 
wing-coverts slaty blue, the edges of the feathers rather paler; upper 
tail-coverts brown ; tail ashy brown ; quills dark brown, the outer webs 
suffused with slaty ; sides of the head ashy, darker on the ear-coverts ; 
a patch of red on the cheeks ; chin and throat deep saffron-yellow, the 
feathers of the throat more or less tinged with pink ; lower plumage dull 
slaty, each feather tipped and more or less streaked along the shaft with 
ashy grey ; vent and under tail- coverts plain ashy. 
