. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 284 PICIDJ3. brown ; tail black, the six central feathers uniform, the remainder barred with white upon both webs, the dwarf feather spotted or hnrred on the outer web onlj- ; sbafts black ; nasal plumes black, with bufty-white bases; forehead, crown, occiput, and nape glossy blue-black, the feathers of the forehead banded with white at the tip, those of the crown being tipped with bright saft'rou-yellow and having grey bases; lores, a stripe from behind the eye passing down the side of the neck, also one from the base of the upper mandible and r
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 284 PICIDJ3. brown ; tail black, the six central feathers uniform, the remainder barred with white upon both webs, the dwarf feather spotted or hnrred on the outer web onlj- ; sbafts black ; nasal plumes black, with bufty-white bases; forehead, crown, occiput, and nape glossy blue-black, the feathers of the forehead banded with white at the tip, those of the crown being tipped with bright saft'rou-yellow and having grey bases; lores, a stripe from behind the eye passing down the side of the neck, also one from the base of the upper mandible and running under the car-coverts and down the side of the neck, butty white ; ear-coverts and a broad stripe behind blue-black: a broad blue-black malar stripe ; chin, throat, and fore neck huffy white ; from the chest to the under tail-coverts inclusive, partly black, partly brown, more or less spotted with white, the brown portions being nearly uniform, the black more clearly spotted with white ; under wing-coverts brownish black, barred and varied with white : " iris brown ; bill brownish ; legs blackish" (David). Total length 9 inches, culmen 1'17, wing 5, tail 3'15, tarsus 1 ; toes (without claws)—outer anterior 0'5, inner anterior ()'45, posterior 0-55. Hab. Moupin, and the high wooded mountains of Western China. 17. XENOPICUS. Type. Xenopicus, Baircl, Rep. Expl. S)- Stirv. Missis. Pacif. Railr. ix. Birds, p. 83 (1858) X. albolarvatus. Xeuocraugus, Cah. i,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 74 (I8G3) X. Head of Xcnopirus albolarvatus. Range, Pacific coast-region from British Columbia to Southern California, including both slopes of the Sierra Nevada. 1. Xenopicus albolarvatus. Leuconerpes albolarvatus, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. ISoO, p. 106; Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zrjgod. p. 10, no. 204 (18o4). Melanerpes albolarvatus, Cass. Journ. Acad. Philad. 1853, p. 257, pi. xxii., cJ 5> ad.; Neioherry, Zool. Cal. ^' Oreg. Route 9, Rep. Please note that these image
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