6. CAMPOTHERA. 95 



2. Campothera notata. 



Le Pic tigre, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 14, pi. ccl. (1808), S ; 



Sundev. Krit. Framst. Levaill. p. 52, no. 250 (1857). 

 Picus notatus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 11 ; Wa(il. Syst. Av. 



Picus, sp. ;J5 nee $ (1827 ) ; id. Isis, 1829, p. 611 ; Sundev. Comp. 



Av. Ficiti. p. 06, no. 191 (1806). 

 Picus nubicus, Bonn. 4'" Vieill. Etic. Meth. iii. p. 1313 (1823), pt. 

 Campetliera nubica. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 439 (1846), pt. ; Layard, 



B. 8. Afr. p. 17 (1871). 

 Dendrobates notatus, B}). Gmsp. Gen. Av. i. p. 123 (1850). 

 Campetliera notata, Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 423, pi. dclxxiii. 



tigs. 4453-54 (1854) ; Grai/, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 82 (1808); 



id. Haml-l. B. ii. p. 193, no. 8097 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 17 (1871) ; id. ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 186 (1875). 

 Dendromus notatus, Bp. Consp. Voliier. Zyyod. p. 9 (1854). 

 Chrysopicus notatus, Malh. PicidcB, ii. p. 102, pi. xcv. figs. 4, 5 



(1802). 

 Ipagrus notatus, Cah. ^" Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 127 (1863). 

 Campotbera notata, Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 393 (1882) ; Haryitt, 



Ibis, 1883, p. 461. 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, and wing-coverts olive, minutely 

 spotted with dull white, the spots somewhat diamond-shaped on the 

 upper parts ; rump and upper tail-coverts olive barred with yel- 

 lowish white ; quills brown, the outer webs of the secondaries and 

 of the primaries at the base olive, the outer webs of the primaries 

 with rounded spots of dull white, the secondaries having bar-like 

 spots on the outer webs, inner webs of all the quills largely spotted 

 with pure white ; shafts light brown, yellowish on the inner feathers ; 

 tail-feathers brown with golden tips, narrowly barred with buify 

 white, the bars not reaching to the shaft, the central feathers washed 

 with olive ; shafts brownish yellow ; nasal plumes blackish brown ; 

 feathers of the forehead and crown crimson at the tip, blackish 

 olive at the base, the occiput bright crimson ; hind neck olive barred 

 with dull white ; malar stripe red ; sides of the face and neck, and 

 from the chin to the under tail- coverts (both inclusive), duU white, 

 more or less fulvescent below, the whole being spotted with black, 

 the spots on the underparts very large and rounded or heart-shaped; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries yellowish white spotted with 

 black : " iris hazel " {T, 0. Atmore). Total length 8'5 inches, 

 culmen 1-1, wing 4-25, tail 2-85, tarsus 0-9 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0-6, outer posterior 0*6, inner anterior 0-4, inner 

 posterior 0-25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the forehead 

 and crown black spotted with dull white, and also in the absence of 

 red on the malar region, this being yellowish white, barred and 

 spotted with black. Total length 8"1 inches, culmen 0*97, wing 

 4-25, tail 3, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. Eastern part of Cape Colony, from Knysna north to Coles- 

 berg, and east into the Transkei. 



a. cJ ad. sk. South Africa. Purchased. 



b. $ ad. sk. South Africa. J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 



