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of these gaudily-coloured birds, as we have only seen one of 
tliera in Labuan. The Malay name “ Panggil Panggil,’” 
means “ call call.” 
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Fam. Picida?. 
Sub-fara. Geciniuae. 
Gen. Hemilophns. 
Hemilophus leucogaster. 
Picus leucogaster Y 
Pic a ventre blaiic ) ^ 
Back, tail, wings, neck, breast and throat, black ; crown of the 
head and hind head red, the feathers ou the latter part being 
lengthened so as to form a crest ; a moustache of the same colour 
springs from the lower mandible on either side ; the feathers on the 
breast are tipped with a narrow margin of light brown ; body below 
yellowish white, which towards the central parts becomes of a reddish 
buff; lower tail-covers black ; the feathers of the thigh are white at 
the base, then Diarked with a broad black spot, r.nd beyond that 
margined with yellowish brown ; the longest priir ary quills have a 
small yellowish white spot at the tip on their outer part ; the irides 
are gray. 
Length, about 18 inches. 
„ of bill from gape, 2 inches 4 lines. 
„ of hill from front, 2 inches 3 lines. 
„ of wings, 9 inches. 
„ of tail, 6| inches. 
„ of tarsus, 1 inch 4 lines, 
„ of middle toe, 1 inch 9 lines. 
„ of versatile toe, 1-| inch. 
These birds are not imcommon in Labuan, and frequently 
fly in small parties of six or eight ; they much frequent dead 
trees, whose bark is just beginning to fall, and are very amu- 
sing to watch, being always in motion and very noisy ; they 
begin rather low down on a tree, moving upwards by jumps 
with a cry like the chatter of a Magpie to the time of our 
green Woodpecker’s laugh ; perhaps tw^o or three will be 
ascending one tree at the same time, trying the bark with 
incessant taps, and wrenching open every likely crack with 
their powerful chisel-beaks; when they reach the branches, 
they hold a sort of discussion of tremendous chatter, and then 
each takes his own branch, and the bark, here being usually 
more decayed than on the stem, comes down in showers ; if 
