THE BAMBOO aEEEN WOODFECEEB 
FicMS tittatus Zfittaiys (VieUL) 
Description '. — As in most woodpeckers the sexes of this 
bird vary sli^s^htly but in no great degree. 
The male is not unlike the common green woodpecker of 
Great Britain and is roughly the same size- Generally speaking 
the bird is grass-green with the tinderparts plentifully streaked 
with paler green. The top of the head is bright red and there 
IS a black moustache. The wing quills are barred with white, 
The female has the top of the head black instead of green 
but is otherwise similar to the male, 
Length a bom loj inches and the wing 5 inches. 
Distribuiion : —Woodpeckers either identical with the 
bamboo- woodpecker as found in Singapore, or so closely allied 
that they are only to be distingmshed by the expert , are found 
in Indo-China, in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java. 
Status in Singapore \ — ^We have seen this bird not rarely 
in the mangrove areas. The underparts of several specimens 
collected were sullied with mud, suggesting that the bird had 
been feeding on the ground or at least on the roots of the 
mangrove. 
This is not a garden bird or one likely to be found near 
the town. 
THE BAHDEB REB WOODPECKER 
Calhlo pirns mhitattis malaccensis (Lath.) 
Description: — The sexual difference in the plumage of 
this bird are for the purpose of this book not worth mentioning. 
The top of the head and wings are dull crimson, the wing- 
quills black, spotted with fjale brown, back and rump bright 
green, washed with yellow on the rump. On the nndcrparts, 
the throat and breast are rufous perhaps spotted wnth black, 
but the rest of the underparts are barred with black and white 
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