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peckers of this collection is from 30 to 31s mm. The difference in 
size and shape of the bill of this Woodpecker and the typical hirds from 
Sweden is more fully elucidated by the accompanying figures. On these 
may also be seen that the Swedish Woodpecker with its thick and 
stumpy bill at the same time has the nasal plumes or bristles much more 
strongly developed than the Mongolian, and 1 have stated that this is a 
constant charakteristic in all specimens examined. 
With regard to the slender bill and the comparatively scanty develo- 
pement of the nasal bristles the Mongolian Woodpeckers resemble Picus 
maior japonicus f. i. from Saghalin. The latter is, however, a conspicuously 
smaller bird in every respect. The length of the wing in these Mongolian 
specimens varies from 137 to 141 mm, while the same measurement in 
Saghalin Woodpeckers is from 128 to 131 mm. (Conf. Lönnberg: 
Journ. Coli. Sc. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Vol. XXIII Art. 14 p. 43.) 
It is evident from the description above that this Mongolian Wood- 
pecker has nothing to do with Severtzov’s u Picus leptorhynchus” (The 
Ibis 1875 p. 487) (already before named leucopterus by Salvadori 1870 — 71) 
from Turkestan in spite of its slender bill because the distribution of the 
white on the secondaries etc. is as in the typical D. maior. 
In the Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus. Vol. XVIII p. 203 it is stated about 
the group to which the typical Dendrocopus maior belongs in contrast 
to D. japonicus, that in the former “innermost secondaries are uniform 
black.” This is not correct. The innermost secondary is — sorne- 
times — quite unspotted but the one next seldom if ever. The condition 
found in a number of specimens examined may be seen from thefollowingtable. 
Innermost secondary 
Right side 
outer 
web 
inner 
web 
Left side 
outer 
web 
inner 
web 
The next one: 
Right side 
outer 
web 
inner 
web 
Left side 
outer 
web 
inner 
web 
Locality 
0 spots 
0 „ 
1 „ 
0 „ 
(missing) 
2 spots 
0 spots 
1 „ 
0 „ 
0 „ 
(missing) 
2 spots 
2 „ 
0 spots 
P ,, 
0 „ 
1 n 
2 * 
0 spots 
0 „ 
0 „ 
0 „ 
0 „ 
2 „ 
2 „ 
1 spots 
3 „ 
2 „ 
2 
1 
3 
3 
77 
57 
75 
0 spots 
77 
77 
77 
17 
77 
77 
3 spots 
1 „ 
2 „ 
1 
2 
2 
(missing) 
77 
7? 
77 
2 spots 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
(missing) 
77 
77 
77 
77 
1 
Dalecarlia 
Upland 
Vestergötland 
n 
Finland 
2 spots 
1 „ 
1 „ 
O 
0 spots 
1 „ 
1 „ 
2 „ 
0 spots 
2 „ 
1 „ 
0 spots 
1 ,, 
1 1 
2 „ 
2 spots 
2 „ 
2 „ 
1 spots 
2 „ 
2 spots 
2 „ 
2 „ 
3 „ 
0 spots 
2 ?7 
2 77 
2 „ 
N :o 95 
N : o 96 
N : o 97 
N : o 98 
(Schluss folgt.) 
