20. DENDEOPICUS. 299 



t, u. 2 ad. sk. Lama. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



V, u\ (S <id. sk. Manda Island. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P-]. 



2. Lendropicus minutus. 



Picus minutus, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 197. fig. 2 (1823); Steph. Gen. Zool. 



xiv. p. 1G3 (1826) ; Wa(/l. Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 28 (1827) ; Lesson, 



Traite, i. p. 220 (1831); Siuidev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 44 (1806); 



Heiiyl. Oni. N.O.-Afr. p. 805 (1871). 

 Asthenunis minutus, Less. Compl. Buff. ix. p. 302 (1837). 

 DendiMpicos minutus, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1849, p. 339. 

 Deudrobates minutus, 5/7. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 125 (1860) ; Harfl. 



J.f. O. 1854, p. 199. 

 Campethera miuuta, Reichenb. Scans. Picince, it. 425, pi. dclxxiv. 



fijr. 4463 (1854). 

 Dendropicus minutns, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 (1854) ; Hartl. 



Orn. W.-Afr. p. 177 (1857) ; Malh. Picidte, i. p. 208, pi. xlv. 



figs. 4, 5 (1861); Hartl. J. f. O 1861, p. 263; Grai,, List Pickl. 



Brit. Mus. p. m (1868); id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 190, uo. 8050 



(1870) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 435. 

 Ipoctonus minutus. Cab. (^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 114 (1863). 



Adult male. Entire back, scapulars, and rump dark umber-brown, 

 barred with white ; wing-coverts pale umber-brown, more or less 

 spotted with a darker brown and with whitish, the spotting having a 

 barred character on the greater series ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts dark umber- brown ; quills dark umber-brown, spotted with 

 white upon both webs ; shafts golden yellow ; upper tail-coverts 

 scarlet ; tail dark brown, the feathers deeply indented with bufty 

 white and having a barred appearance ; shafts golden yellow ; nasal 

 plumes, forehead, and crown light umber-brown ; a broad scarlet 

 occipital band ; hind neck light brown, with darker brown spotting ; 

 lores and sides of face pale umber-brown ; chin and throat white ; 

 sides of the neck, under surface of the body, and under tail-coverts 

 dull white, spotted with dark brown, the spotting on the chest and 

 breast being larger and strongly marked, that upon the thighs 

 having a barred character ; under wing-coverts huffy white, 

 minutely spotted with brown. Total length 4-S inches, culmen 0"(i5, 

 wing 2*9, tail 1-35, tarsus 0*55 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0-4, outer posterior 0-48, inner anterior 0"32, inner posterior 0-25. 



Ad tdt female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red 

 occipital band, the occiput being of the same colour as the forehead 

 and crown, a pale umber-brown, witli almost obsolete darker stria- 

 tions. Total length 4-S inches, culmen 6, wing 2-95, tail 1'43, 

 tarsus O'oS. 



Hah. Senegal. 



a. S ad. sk. Senegambia. Tweeddale Coll. 



3. Dendropicus henipricM. 



Picus hempiichii, Hentpr. S; L//re/d>. Si/nib. P/iys. Arcs, fob r, p. 2 

 (1828); Riip2). Neue Wirb., J'iig. 183o, p. 59 ; 'Heiigl. J.f. O. 1864, 



