20. DENBEOPICUS, 293 



h\ i\ d" ? ad. sk. Calicut. Hume Coll. 



k*, /•*, m*. (^ ad. ; n*. Anjango, Travancore, Dec. 1872, Hume Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



0*. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Hume Coll. 



p*, q*. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Tweeddale Coll. 



r*. d ad. sk. Ceylon, Sept. 16, 1875. Colonel Legge[P.]. 



s\ t*. S 2 ad. sk. Aripo, N.W. Ceylon, Nov. and Tweeddale Coll. 



Dec. 1869 (K JI. Holdsworth). 



«<■», V*. S ad. ; 2V*. Madras. Rev. H. H. Baber 



Juv. sk. [!"•]• 



a'*. Juv. sk. Eajamundry, April 4, 1871. W. T. Blanford, 



Esq. [P.]. 



y*, zK c? 2 ad. ; Maiinblioom, March 1865 {R. C. Tweeddale Coll. 



a', b\ Juv. sk. Beavan). 



c'. cJad.; d^,e^. 2 Tliayetmyo, Upper Burmali. Hume CoU. 



ad. sk. 



f'\ (S ad. sk. Palow, Thayetmyo, Sept. 18, Hume Coll. 



1872. 



g\ h\ c? 2 ad.sk. Pegu. Tweeddale Coll. 



i^Ai'-cJad. ; P, ?/i5, Tonghoo, May, Oct. Nov. Tweeddale Coll. 



n\ 2 ad. sk. {R. G. W. R.). 



20. LENDROPICUS. t, 



Type. 



Dendropicus, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 5^2 D. cardinalia. 



Erythronerpes, Reichenh. Scans. Ticinm, p. 356 (1854). D. abyssinicus. 



Pardipicus, Bp. Comp. Valuer. Zygod. no. 135 (1854). D. gabonensis. 



Ipoctonus, Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 114 (1863). D. hemprichi. 



Ipopatis, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 129 (1863). D. gabonensis. 



Range. Throughout the greater part of the Ethiopian Region (pro- 

 bably including the countries between Kordofan and Senegambia). 



Key to the Species. 



A. Shafts of quills and of tail-feathers golden 

 yellow above and below. 

 a'. Above distinctly barred in both adult 

 and young. 

 a". Upper parts olive or dusky olive 

 barred with yeUow or yellowish 

 white ; upper tail-coverts olive-golden 

 tinged with red ; underparts entirely 

 striped. 

 a'". Larger: length 6 inches, wing 3"75; 

 underparts dull white or slightly 

 yellowish, broadly striped with 

 black ; hind neck dusky black. 

 a*. Hind part of crown, occiput, and 



nape red ; sinciput umber-brown cardinalis c? ad., p. 296. 

 h*. Entire top of the head, occiput, 



and nape black cardinalis 2 ad., p. 296. 



b"'. Smaller : length 5'5 inches, wing 

 3-6 ; underparts pale yellow nar- 

 rowly streaked with blackish ; hind 

 neck dusky, washed with olive, 

 c''. Hind part of crown, occiput, and 



nape red ; sinciput uuiber-brown. zunzibari (S ad., p. 298. 



