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CATALOGUE. 
979. PICUS CABANI8I, Malherhe. 
Picus Cabanisi, Malh., Cdbanis's Journ. fur Ornith. 
(1853),;?. 172. Gould, B. ofAsia,pt. IX. (1857), t. 
a. ? . Shanghai. Presented by J. Gould, Esq., Sept., 
1856. 
P. Cabanisi. — Closely allied both in size and general colour to 
P. major; the male differs, however, in the greater extent of the red on 
the occiput, this red mark assuming a triangular form in P. Cabanisi, 
instead of a straight mark, as in P. major. 
This species also differs from P. major in the greater extent of 
the red on the centre of the abdomen, which colour does not spread 
laterally over the abdomen, but runs up in a narrow line almost to 
the chest. The cheeks, sides of the head, and flanks, which are nearly 
white in P. major, are strongly suffused with brown in P. Cabanisi. 
Length about 8^ in., of wing 5^ in., tail 4 in., bill to gape 1^ in. 
Appears to be common about Shanghai, where several specimens 
were procured by J. Eeeves, Esq., both sexes being in the collec- 
tion of J. Gould, Esq. 
It is a distinct species from P. himalayanus. 
980. PICUS HIMALA YAJSTUS, Jardine et Selby. 
Picus himalayanus, Jardine et Selby, III. Orn. \st ser. 
t. 116. G. B. Gray, Gen. of B. 11. p. 435. Blyth, 
J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 165 ; XIY. p. 196 ; XYI. 
p. 466; XVIII. J??. 803 '; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 62. Bonap., C G. Av.p. 136. 
The Himalayan Woodpecker. 
A. B. ? . N. W. Himalaya. From Reeves's Collection. 
c. $ . Himalaya. From Griffith's Collection. 
d. ^ . Kumaon. Presented by Captain R. Strachey. 
The adult male of this species has the whole coronal and occipital 
feathers crimson-tipped, and ill-defined whitish frontal band, which 
is mingled with reddish. The white bars on the primaries are much 
narrower than in P. major, and the black markings on the sides of 
the neck are less developed and less strongly defined than in P. major, 
descending much less upon the breast, where a ferruginous stain is 
always perceptible ; and the upper third of the ear-coverts is black, 
instead of their being wholly whitish, as in P. major. 
Inhabits the N. W. Himalayas. 
