FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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120, Chrysocolaptes valid us, (Temm.) 
Chrysocolaptes validus, Bonhote, p. 72. 
9 ad, Gedong, South Perak, toth January. (No. 522) 
The Orange-backed Woodpecker has the iris chocolate-brown, the bill 
yellowish-horn, and the feet greenish lead-colour. 
121. Chrysocolaptes guttacri status, (Tick.) 
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus, Hargitt i Cat . B . Brit . Mas. xviii, p. 448 (1890). 
9 ad. Biserat, Jalor, 29th June, (No. 211) 
Tic kell’s Golden-backed Woodpecker has the iris chestnut, the bill 
bluish-horn, and the feet greenish lead-colour. 
122. Ti£a Javanensis, (Ljung.) 
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Tiga javanensis, Bonhote , p. 72 ; Harter /, p. 547, 
£ad. Patani. loth and 15th June. (No. 195) 
$ t 9 ad. Ban Sai Kau, Nawngchik. 24th May and 9th September. {Nos. 132, 133, 384) 
9ad. Biserat, Jalor. 15th and 18th July, (Nos, 278, 292) 
£ad. Jambu, Jhering. 5 th June. (No, 150) 
The Golden-backed Three-toed Woodpecker has the iris chestnut, the bill 
bluish-horn, and the feet greenish-slate. 
This species is eminently a denizen of cultivated lands, and I have 
hardly ever seen it outside the groves of cocoanut and Penang palms which 
surround every Malay village. It feeds mainly on ants, principally the 
tailor-ant (Oecoplylla smaragdim ), but I have observed it attack and swallow 
a small flying lizard {Draco volans). 
123. Micropternus brachyurus, (VieiH.) 
Micropternus brachyurus, Sharpe , P.Z. 5 ., 1888, p. 279; Bonhote , p. 72; 
Hartert , p. 547. 
9 ad. Gcdong, South Perak, 9th January. (Nos, 509, 520) 
$ ad, Biserat Jalor. 30th June. (No, 220) 
£ , 9 ad. Sungkei, South Perak. 7th February. (Nos. 618, 626) 
The Malay Rufous Woodpecker has the iris brown, the bill dull black, 
and the feet greenish-grey. 
124. Micropternus phacoceps, Blyth. 
Micropternus phaeoceps, Margin, Cat . B. Brit . Mas . xviii, p. 393 (1890). 
9 ad. Biserat, Jalor, 30th June, (No. 219) 
