IYNGIPICUS HARDWICKI I .
Hardwicke’s Pygray Woodpecker.
P i c s ,,whom,sis (nec Gindin), Gray, in Hardw. Illustr. Ind. Zool. i. pi. 33. figs. a, b 0830-32) .-B ly th , Journ.
As. Sog. Beng. xiv. p. 197 (1845).
Picus (Dendrocopus) hardwickii, Jerd. Madras Journ. xiu. p. 138; (1844). R P n n sD
Pious hardmclcii, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xv. p. 15 (1 8 4 6 ).-G ra y , Gen. B. m. App. p. 21 (1 8 4 9 ).-B p . Consp.
P i « , 1843, p. < H * p . Consp. i. p. 136 (lS50).-R.eickenb. Handb.
Scansoriae, Picinee, p. 373 (1854).
Pirns sariegatus (nec Wagl,), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus, As. Son. Beng. p. 64 (1849).
Ymgipiom mriegalus (nec Wagl.), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mua. n. p. 675 (1So4)
Yungipkus ImrlwwUi. Bp. Consp. Yolucr. Zygod. p. 8 (1854).—Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 2 8 -)• y '■ * ’
p 354—Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 8 .-B u tle r , Str. Feathers, 1876, p. 36-F a irban k, tom. oil. p. 255.
Y sn g ip J s nams ( n e c Vigors), Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 390,-H um e , Str. F. 1875, p GO.-Butler, Cat. B. Sonde
S c . p. 18 (1879).— Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. S 7 .-B u tle r , Cat. B. of the S. portion of Bombay Pres.
1880, p. 22.
Iyngipicus hardwickii, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 45.
B e l o n g i n g to the section of the genus Igngipicus H which the species have the two central tail-feathers
spotted with white, the present bird is further distinguished by its very pale-coloured head ; this is un.for
pale umber or fulvous: brown, the occiput and nape being perfectly uniform with the crown. Dr. Jerdo
observes I - “ This little Woodpecker is generally spread throughout the plains of India from the extreme sout
to the north-west provinces; it: is found both in the open spaces of forest jungle, in thin tree jungle and
— ■ I iP„ wooded districts in groves, gardens, and avenues. It frequents the branches of trees
chiefly, both large and small; and, though it often climbs, it also frequently hops about from branch
branch, picking up various small insects and larvae.”
Major Butler says that it I occurs sparingly along the Sahyadri range as far north a M M — f f l
has been obtained a, Mahabalesbwar, Savant-vadi, Ratnagiri, in the Goa forests, and on the h. Is west of
BelgaumI Mr. Blanford has procured it in the Godaveri valley; and specimens from Kamptee in the
Central provinces are in Dr. Hinde’s collection in the British Museum, which also contains a specimen from
B Th ep dr of birds ligurecHn the Plate were lent to me, the male by Mr. Hargitt, the female by Captain
Wardlaw Ramsay. | p | | s .]