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CATALOGUE. 
browner towards the beak, and the crown of the male only dull 
crimson. Body somewhat brownish-red above, the secondaries and 
tertiaries having three light-red bars, and the greenish-dusky prima- 
ries four or five yellowish bars ; tail similarly banded ; breast and 
under-parts dusky-green; bill white, with some dusky at the base 
of both mandibles ; feet apparently dark slaty. Length 9| in., of 
wing 5 in., tail 3f in., bill to frontal bone 1\ in., spread of foot 
If in. 
Genus Venilia, Bonap., G. C. Av. p. 128 (1850). 
Beachtlophus, Bonap. ^ G. G. Av. p. 128 (1850), nec. 
Swainson. 
968. VENILIA PUNICEA, Horsf, Sp. 
Picus puniceus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 170 
(1821). Bajles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 289. 
Vigors^ Mem. Baffles, p. 668. Wagler (part), Sgst. 
Av. Bic. Sp. 96. Lesson, Tr. d'Orn.p. 222. Temm., 
Bl. Col. 423. LatJi., Hist, of B. 111. p. 362. 
Gecinus puniceus, G. B. Gray, Gen. of B. II. p. 439. 
Blyth, Oat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 59. 
Brachylophus puniceus, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 128. 
Crimson-winged Woodpecker, Latham. < 
Ttjkki Bajukarap, or Belattj, Sumatra, Baffles. 
A. 6. ? (type). Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
C. Sumatra. From Raffles's Collection. 
d. e. ^ ? . Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
The figure of this bird, in Temminck's PI. Col., is that of the 
male bird, the female differing only in the absence of the crimson 
whisker. 
969. VENILIA MINI ATA, Forster Sp. 
Picus miniatus, Forster, Ind. Zool. p. 14, ^. 4 ( ). 
Gmel., S. N. l.p. 432. Lath., Ind. Dm. 1. p. 241 ; 
Gen. Hist, of B. 111. p. 361. Bennant, Gen. Zool. 
IX. p. 210, t. 35. Shaw, Nat. Misc. t. 413. Lesson, 
Tr. d'Orn. p. 222. Horsf, Trams. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 176. Vigors, Mem. Baffles, p. 669. Wagler, 
Syst. Av. Bic. Sp. 98. J. F. Gray, III. Ind. Zool. 
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