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Subsp. a. Campothera capricorni. 



Campetliera capricorni, Strickl. 8f Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 155 ; 

 Jardinc, Mem. StricM. 1858, p. 344; Gray, List Pick!. Brit. Mns. 

 p. 81 (1868) ; Keu'ton, Ibis, 1869, p. 323, pi. ix. ; Grmj, Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 193, no. 8700 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 17 ; id. 

 ed. Lai/ard's B. S.A/r. p. 180 (1875); Sousa, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1889, 



p. 121 : 



Dendromus capricorni, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 (1854). 

 Chrysopiciis capricorni, Malh. Picid(B, ii. p. 169 (1862). 



op. cit. V. 1868, p. 45. ' " ' 



Tpagrus capricorni, Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 221 (1872). 

 Campetliera bennetti, Bocage, Orn. Any. p. 80, no. 61 (1877) ; id. 



Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1880, p. 232. 

 Campothera capricorni, Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 394 (1882) ; 



Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 458. 

 Caiupotbera bennettii, Bi'dtik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1889, p. 09 ; Sousa, 



Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1889, p. 43. 



Adult female. Resembles tbe female of C. henndti, but differs in 

 baviiig tbe rump and upper tail-coverts spotted instead of barred 

 and also in baving the under surface of tbe body almost uniform 

 yellow, witb only a few spots of black ou tbe sides of the chest and 

 body, flanks, and thighs. Tliere is very much less black on the side 

 of the neck in the present bird : " bill brown slate-colour : iris 

 claret-coloured ; legs and toes lead-coloured " (Andei'sson). Total 

 length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 5-0, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-95 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*7, outer posterior 0*63, inner 

 anterior 0"55, inner posterior 0'35. 



Adult male. Differs from the adult female in baving the face, 

 chin, and throat uniform white, tbe whole top of tbe head and a 

 very large malar stripe being crimson. Total length 8'5 inches, 

 culmen 1-15, wing 5'15, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Hal). South-western Africa, from the Upper Cunene Region into 

 Angola. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Omaubondi, Damara Laud (C. J. Tweeddale Coll. 



Ande?'sson). 



b. 2 ad. sk. River Cunene, Damara Land, June Sharpe Coll. 



25, 1867 (C. J Andersson). 



c. $ ad. sk. Capangombe, Angola (Anchieta). Sharpe Coll. 



10. Campothera maculosa. 



Picas niaculosus, Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. 1826, p. 173 ( 5 ) ; Sun- 



dev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 62 (1866). 

 Picus olivaceus, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 18 (J). 

 Dendromus brachyrhyuchus, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 160 (1837); 



id. Classif. B. ii. p. 307 (1837). 

 Campethera brachyrbynchus. Gray, List Gen. 1841, p. 70, 



