CATALOGUE, 
673 
Picus minor (var. B), Lath., Ind. Orn. I. p. 230 ; Gen. 
Hist, of B. III.^. 345. 
Picus minor, apud Sorsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 177. 
Picus Macei, apud Waaler, S^st. Av. Pic. sjp. 26. 
Horsfield's Lesser-spotted Woodpecker. 
Plattjk-lallae, Java, Horsfield. 
a. h.c. $ % (type). Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
Allied to P. 3Iacei, but differs in being smaller, and having the 
wJiole of the rectrices spotted. 
Length nearly 6 in., of wing 3| in., tail 2i in., bill to gape W in., 
and tarse -^-^ in. 
986. PICUS CATHPHABIUS, Hodgson Sp. 
Dendrocopus cathpharius, Hodgson, J. A. S. Peng. 
XII. p. 1006 (1843). Grag's Zool. Misc. (1844), 
p. 85. 
Picus cathpharius, Plyth, J. A, S. Peng. XIY. p. 196 ; 
Cat. P. Mus. A. S. Peng. p. 63. G. P. Gray, Gen. 
of P. 11. p. 435. Hodgs., Cat. P. ofNep.p. 115. 
The Nepal Woodpecker, Gray. 
a. h. c. d. $ % (type). Nepal. Presented by B. H. 
Hodgson, Esq. 
E. F. c?. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
Upper parts black, with a white wing-patch, and series of white 
spots on both webs of the large alars ; lower parts fulvescent-brown, 
the feathers below the fore-neck having mesial black streaks ; a black 
stripe from the lower mandible along the sides of the neck, and above 
it a whitish stripe through the eyes to the ear-coverts inclusive, com- 
mencing on the sides of the forehead ; the two outer tail-feathers 
barred with whitish, and the next one spotted with the same on its 
outer web only ; occiput in the male crimson, extending laterally 
behind the ear-coverts to the black streak below them, and tending 
to be continuous into a gorget on the breast, where the feathers have 
a crimson tinge, as also have the under tail-coverts. The female has 
the occiput black, the sides of the nape behind the ear-coverts being 
deeply tinged with crimson. 
Length about 7 in., of wing 4 in., tail 2f in., bill to forehead |- in., 
and tarse f in. 
