IYNGIPICUS HARDWICKIL.

Hardwicke’s Pygmy Woodpecker.

Picus moluccensis (nec Gmelin), Gray, in Hardw. Ilustr. Ind. Zool. i. pl. 33. figs. a, b (1830-32).—Blyth, Journ.
As. Soc. Beng. xiv. p. 197 (1845).

Picus (Dendrocopus) hardwickii, Jerd. Madras Journ. xii. p. 138 (1844).

Picus hardwickii, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xv. p. 15 (1846).—Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 21 (1849).—Bp. Consp.
i. p- 136 (1850).

Picus cinereigula, Malherbe, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 531.—Bp. Consp. 1. p. 136 (1850).—Reichenb. Handb.
Scansorie, Picine, p. 373 (1854).

Picus variegatus (nec Wagl.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 64 (1849).

Yungipicus variegatus (nec Wagl.), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 675 (1854).

Yungipicus hardwickti, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 8 (1854).—Jerd. B. Ind.i. p. 278 (1862).—Blyth, Ibis, 1866,
p. 354.—Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 8.—Butler, Str. Feathers, 1876, p. 36 —Fairbank, tom. Gli aon

Yungipicus nanus (nec Vigors), Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 390.—Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 60.—Butler, Cat. B. Scinde
&c, p. 18 (1879).—Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 87.—Butler, Cat. B. of the S. portion of Bombay Pres,
1880, p. 22.

Tyngipicus hardwickia, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 45.

 

Beioneine to the section of the genus Tyngipicus in which the species have the two central tail-feathers

spotted with white, the present bird is further distineuished by its very pale-coloured head ; this is uniform
] ] 8 yi ver
perfectly uniform with the crown. Dr. Jerdon

pale umber or fulvous brown, the occiput and nape being
ains of India from the extreme south

observes :—‘ This little Woodpecker is generally spread throughout the pl
to the north-west provinces; it is found both in the open spaces of forest jungle, in thin tree jungle, and
not unfrequently in 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 to
branch, picking up various small insects and larve.”
Major Butler says that it ‘ occurs sparingly along t
has been obtained at Mahabaleshwar, Savant-vadi, R
Mr. Blanford has procured it in the Godaveri valley; and specimens from Kamptee in the
llection in the British Museum, which also contains a specimen from

he Sahyadri range as far north as Khandala, and that it
atnagiri, in the Goa forests, and on the hills west of

Belgaum.”
Central provinces are in Dr. Hinde’s co
Behar obtained by Mr. Hodgson.

The pair of birds figured in the Plate were lent to me, the male by Mr. Hargitt, the female by Captain

Wardlaw Ramsay.
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