260 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chrysophlegma. 
XXXI.— Notes on Woodpeckers. —No. XII. On the Genus 
Chrysophlegma. By Edward Hargitt, F.Z.S. 
In the present genus I have only included six species, one of 
which, C. mystacale of Salvadori, has been described since 
Malherbe published his monograph. The remaining yellow- 
naped species, which modern authors place either in this 
genus or in Callolophus, are to my mind true Gecini, and I 
have therefore transferred them to the genus Gecinus. The 
introduction of a species bearing the name of C. squami- 
collis will possibly create some surprise amongst ornitholo¬ 
gists ; but the Malaccan bird hitherto designated C. mentale 
turns out not to be true C. mentale of Temminck. The only 
author who has remarked the specific difference between the 
Javan and the Malaccan birds appears to have been Reichen- 
bach, who, in his ‘ Handbuch/ after giving a clear description 
of the Malayan species, made the mistake of calling it Venilia 
mentalis —a name which, as I show below, belongs absolutely 
to the Javan bird. In the same work he names another species 
Venilia gularis, which, from the description given, is most 
certainly the true C. mentale of Temminck, from Java. In my 
notes attached to the species I have more fully entered into the 
subject, and, I hope, have proved satisfactorily that Lesson's 
title squamicollis must be employed for the Malaccan 
species. Reichenbach includes only two yellow-naped species 
in the genus Chrysophlegma, and places the others in the 
genus Venilia. Sundevall, in his f Conspectus Avium Pici- 
narum/ under Tribus 18 ( Pici flavinuchales) comprises all 
the yellow-naped species which are included by the authors 
of our day in the genera Chrysophlegma and Callolophus; 
and Malherbe, in his f Monograph/ places them in his genus 
Chloropicus. 
In the preparation of this paper I have made use of the 
collection in the British Museum, and, through the courtesy 
of Dr. Gunther and Mr. Sharpe, I have been permitted to 
examine the specimens of Picidse contained in the superb 
collection recently presented by Mr. Hume to the British 
Museum, and brought to this country, at great personal risk, 
