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PICUS OCCIPITALIS.
Ma s, P ic . v ir i,lis, u ro p yg io lu to so o n ti; f r o n t s coc c ineo; vortice, s tr ig a la tâ occ,p i t a l i a ,l
nm lm m e x te n d e n te , a lte râ q u e u tr in q u e su b oeulos j x s t r io ta l i , a t r i s ; rem ig ib u s rcc lric ibus-
q u c fm c o a tr is , h a rum du a b u s med iis p a llid o fu s c o s tr ia tis , illis o x tc r n i ,dbo m a cu la tis ;
g u lâ g e n isq u e canis.
Foeiri. F ro n te a t r a albo lin ea ta .
L o n g itu d o corqmns, 12 u n e . ; a!oe, 6 ; ro s tr i, 2 ; ta r s i, I I ; caudoe, 41.
T n en e a,.,tears to be a nataral gron,, o f the Woodpeckers, intermediate betwi.xt the genns C la p tc s whose
hah,ts confine them ent.rely ,o the gronnd, and tho typical P icM x who gain thcir snbslstenee almost wholly
from the bark of trees. In tins .ntermediate d iv is io „ -u f which onr own P lc rn riridls and the P ic u s c a m s of
the to n f n e n t may be considered as the types, and which are the only species found in E u ro p e - th e present
as well as the sneeeethng Hnnalayan species m ay b e classed; all these birds being found, like the typical
Boodpeekcrs, to frequent trees as a resort for food; while a t the same time they etptally sabslst. lilte the
grouiid-feeduig species, on ants and other insects, which they obtaiji on the surface of the ground
The Picus occipitalis, so named from the peculiar black mark on the hinder pa rt o f the head has hitherto
been ent.rely unknown, and it is only in the more temperate parts o f the mountains so often alluded to that
it has as yet been cajitiired. ’
In the male the forehead is bright scarlet ; the top o f the head, oecipnt and baek o f the neck are jet
bla ck; the sides o f the face and throat gtey, with the exception of a slight black moustache; the upper
snrfaee ts o f a dull green passing into yellow on tl.e rnmp ; the wings olive green ; the quills and tall are
.row,, the foriner having the,,- oa tc r edges barred with white, the la tte r its two middle feathers obseurclj
barred with a deeper brown ; tho breast and tra,1er parts are dull greenish grcv ; the bill and tarsi black,
riie female diflei-s only in having tbe forehead black instead of scarlet.
The male is figured of tl.e natural size. The head of the female is alone given, showing the difference of
plumage above alluded to.