90 piciD^. 



toes (withoiit cla-ws) — outer anterior 0-7, outer posterior 0-78, inner 

 anterior 0"5, inner posterior 0'36. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male, but diiFers in having 

 the crown uniform black. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-2, 

 wing 4-6, tail 2-95, tarsus 0'87. 



The j'ounger female has the crown black, with white hair-like 

 shaft-streaks. Otherwise like the adult of the same sex. 



Hah. Island of Haiti and San Domingo. 



a, b. (S 2 fitl- St. San Domingo. Purchased. 



c. cJ ad. sk. San Domingo. Zoological Society. 



d, f . c? 2 ad. sk. San Domingo. Purchased. 

 /. 2 ii^™- sk. San Domingo, Jan. {C. B. Cvnj). Sclater Coll. 



g. S ad. ; h, i. J Puerto Plata, San Domingo, Salviu-CTodmau CoU. 



imm. sk. Jan., Nov., and Dec. (C. B. 



Cory). 



k. 2 imm- sk. Haiti, Feb. (C. B. Cory). Sclater Coll. 



1. 5 imm. sk. Haiti. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m, n. 2 imm. et Haiti. 



juv. sk. 



6. CAMPOTHERA. „ 



Type. 



Dendromus, Su-ains. Ckissif. B. ii. p. 307 (1837) C maculosa. 



Campethera, Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1841, p. 70 C. maculosa. 



Chrysopicos, Mafh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 352 C. nubica. 

 Stictopicus, Malh. Introd. Monogr. Picid. p. liii (1861) C. nivosa. 

 Ipagrus, Cab. S,- Hein. Mus. Hem. iv. p. 123 (1S63) . . C. benuetti. 

 Stictocraugus, Cab. ^- Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 130 



(1863) C. nivosa. 



Cnipotheres, Cab. ^- Hein. Mm. Hein.'w. p. 131 (1863) C. caroli. 



Range. Throughout the Ethiopian Eegion. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Back spotted or with yellowish transverse 



markings (not bars) in addition to the 



spots. 



a'. Throat uniform ; uuderparts entirely 



covered with rounded spots of black. 



a" . Top of the head, occiput, and malar 



stripe crimson nubica S ad., p. 93. 



b". Forehead and crown black, spotted 

 with white, occiput (only) red ; no 



red on malar region. . . . ! iiubica 2 ad., p. 94. 



b'. Throat spotted with black. 



c''. Uuderparts entirely covered with 

 rounded spots of black. 

 a'". Larger: length 8'5 inches, wing 

 4*25 ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts barred ; tail narrowly 

 barred, 

 rt'. Top of the head, occiput, and 



malar stripe red notata (S ad., p. 95. 



