. Birds. Birds. DBJfDEOOOPXrS. 35' coverts wholly or chiefly white, and the quills spotted with white on both webs, the spots forming interrupted bands; the four median tail-feathers black ; the others banded fulTous white and black, and sometimes having the outer webs almost or entirely. Pig. 12.—Head of D. himcUayeims cJ. white; lower parts light brownish grey, sometimes almost white ; the lower abdomen more fulvous ; vent and lower tail-coverts pale crimson. In the female the crown and occiput are black, like the back. Bill leaden grey; upper mandible blackish ; irides red-brown ^ legs and
. Birds. Birds. DBJfDEOOOPXrS. 35' coverts wholly or chiefly white, and the quills spotted with white on both webs, the spots forming interrupted bands; the four median tail-feathers black ; the others banded fulTous white and black, and sometimes having the outer webs almost or entirely. Pig. 12.—Head of D. himcUayeims cJ. white; lower parts light brownish grey, sometimes almost white ; the lower abdomen more fulvous ; vent and lower tail-coverts pale crimson. In the female the crown and occiput are black, like the back. Bill leaden grey; upper mandible blackish ; irides red-brown ^ legs and feet dark greenish brown. Length 9-5 ; tail 3'5 ; wing 5*2 ; tarsus "9 ; bill from gape 1'35. Cashmere birds are much paler beneath than those from other localities, and are often almost white below. A male skin in the Hume Collection from Kotgarh has the lower parts from the breast suffused with red. Bistrihution. The Western Himalayas from Kumaun to Murree,. also Gilgit to the north, and Kuram in Afghanistan to the west. This Woodpecker breeds according to Hume between 3000 and 8000 feet, but Jerdon found it common up to 10,000, Biddulph met with it between 9000 and 10,000 in Grilgit, and Stoliczka up to 11,000 in Chini. Habits, S[c. Breeds from the middle of April to the end of May in holes in trees as usual, trunks of oaks being often selected. The eggs are 4 or 5 in number, glossy and white, and measure about 1 inch by -ys. 962. Dendrocopns cabanisi. The Chinese Pied Woodpecker. Picus cahanisi, Malherbe, Orn, 1854, p. 172. Picus mandarinus, Malh. Butt. Soc. d^Hist. Nat. Moselle, viii, p. 17 (1857); J. A. 8. S. xlv, pt. 3, p. 194; Sume, S. F. v, p. 53, xi, p. 56; id. Cat. no. 155 bis. Dendrocopus cabanisi, Hargitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 218. This resembles D. himalayensis on the upper surface, except in having the crown of the male black and the crimsoii confined to d2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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