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12. Campothera caroli. 



Chloropicus caroli, Malh. Rev. de Zool. 1852, p. 550. 

 Dendrobates caroli, Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, p. 198. 

 Pardipicus caroli, Bo7iap. Consp. Volucr. Zijgod. p. 9 (1854). 

 Scolecotlieres caroli, lieichenb. Semis. Picince, p. 429, no. 1012 b 



(1854). 

 Dendi'omus caroli, Ilartl. Om. W.-Afr. pp. 182, 274 (1857) ; Cass. 



Proc. Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 141 ; Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 191 ; 



Hartl. op. cit. 1861, p. 264. 

 Chrysopicus caroli, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 157, pi. xci. fig. 4 (1862). 

 (Jnipotlieres caroli, Cab. Sf Heine, Mns. Hein. iv. p. 131 (1863). 

 Picas caroli, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 56 (1806): Ecichenow.J. f. 



O. 1877, p. 18. 

 Cainpethera caroli, Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1863, p. 326 ; Gray, 



List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 79 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 192, 



DO. 8691 (1870) ; Sharpe, Ccd.Afr. B. p. 17 (1871) ; id. Ihis, 1872, 



p. 68 ; Uss/wr, op. cit. 1874, p. 55 ; &/iarpe 4'- Bouvicr, Bidl. 8oc. 



Zool. France, 1876, p. 16 ; Socage, Orn. Ang., App. p. 536 (1877). 

 Campothera caroli, Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 480 ; Bilttik. Notes Leyden 



Mus. 1885, p. 221 ; Sharpe, Jottrn. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 431 (1884) ; 



Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. 1888, p. 96, 1889, p. 125. 



Adult male. Has the upper parts uniform olive and the under- 

 parts spotted with buff or fulvcscent white as in C. nivosa ; but it 

 is a very distinct species, and differs from the latter in having a 

 large rufous patch on the posterior part of the face and the side of 

 the neck ; the malar region, chin, and throat being spotted like the 

 underparts, and the feathers of the forehead, crown, occiput, and 

 nape tipped with dull crimson, their bases being dusky olive. The 

 dimensions of C. caroli are also very much greater : " eyes dark 

 brown ; feet greenish " (Lucan S( Petit). Total length 7'3 inches, 

 culmcn 1-05, wing 4-15, tail 2-5, tarsus 0'72 ; toes (without claws) 

 — outer anterior 0'63, outer posterior 0-57, inner anterior 0-45, 

 inner posterior 0*27. 



Adult female. Has the forehead, crown, and occiput uniform 

 blackish olive. In other respects the sexes resemble each other. 

 Total length 7 inches, culmcn 1, wing 3-95, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-7. 



The peculiar green colour distributed over the face and the under 

 wings of Gaboon examples is, without doubt, a stain derived from 

 the trees affected by the species in Gaboon alone. 



Hah. From Gaboon to the Gold Coast and Liberia, and extending 

 eastward into the Niam Niam Country, 



a, b. 5 ad. sk. Denkera {H. T. Ussher). Sharpe Coll. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Gaboon. Purchased. 



d. S fid. sk. Gaboon ( Walker). Sharpe CoU. 



e, 2 ad. sk. Gaboon {Du Chaillu). Sharpe Coll. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Gaboon. Tweeddale Coll. 



</. 2 imm. sk. Gaboon ( Walker). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. 2 ad. sk. CJaboon {Du Chaillu). Tweeddale Coll. 



i. (S ad. sk. R. Muui {Du Chaillu). Tweeddale Coll. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Sa?sa, Niam Niam Country. F. Bohndorff [C.]. 



