Trii ti i i ; 1 ri K i i i i .
T a b . X L I X .
PICUS SHORI I .
P i c . su p rà m ir a n tio - v in d is ; ca p ite c r is ta to , dorso tiropygioque coc c ine is; su b tu s a lb u s ; s tr ig a
p o s to c u la r i, a lte ra a r ic tu e x te n d e n te , nu ch â , i-emigibus, r e c tric ibus, no tisq u e squamosis
p e c to r is a bdominisque a tr is ; thorac e p a llid e g r ise sc enti-brumieo.
L o n g itu d o corporis, 12 u n c .
f in s very brilliantly coloured species of Woodpecker wc have very great pleasure in naming after tbc
Hon. C. J . Shore, through whose researches in Ornithology, ivhile in India, it was first made known, and who
with the utmost kindness and liberality allowed tbe accompanying Plate to be drawn from a specimen in his
collection. This specimen, which was the only one Air. Shore was so fortunate as to procure, e.xliibits a close
affinity with Picus tlga, Horsf., a well known inhabitant of the Indian Archipelago, as well in colouring as in
the absence o f the inner hind toe, which in both birds is represented only by a rudimentary tubercle.
The head is covered with an elongated crest, which with tlie rump is o f a rich scarlet; a white line e.xtends
from the base o f the upjier mandible to the occiinit, edging the scarlet of the head ; below this white line a
black band, beginning beliind the eye, passes through the ear-covcrts to the back o f the neck, where it is
spread as far as to the back ; tbe cheeks and sides o f the neck are white, separated from tiie throat and forep
a rt by a wai’y black line jiassing from the gajie to the sides of the chest ; a brownish mark borders the base
o f the inferior mandible ; the throat is white ; the hack orange, passing off into various tints of scarlet on tlie
shoulders and wing-coverts, and on the rump into bright scarlet ; the cjuills, tail, and upjicr tail-coverts,
are black ; tlie under surface is dirty brownish white, with black scales ; the bill and tarsi black.
The bird is figured of the natural size.