300 ricroj:. 



p. 253 ; Siindev. Consp. Av. Piein. p. 43, no. 126 (1866) ; Fiyisch 

 % Hm-tl. Voff. 0.stafr. p. 514 (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. &r Zool. Abyss. 

 1870, p. 306; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. 1870, p. 284; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 804 (1871) ; Dressei- ^- Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. 336. 



Dendrobates heiuprichii, Eiipp. St/st. Uebers. 1854, p. 88, pi. xxxv. ; 

 £j). Consp. Gm. Av. i. p. 124 (1850) ; Ileiii/l. Sysf. Uebers. 1856, 

 p. 47 ; /(/. /iw, 1859. p. 343; Biaitc. Spec. Zuol. Mosanib. 1865, 

 p. 327. 



Dendropiciis heinpricbii, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zipjod. p. 9 (18-54) ; 

 Malh. Picidte, i. p. 199, pi. xliii. tigs. 5, 6 (1861 ) ; Bre/im, Hahesch, 

 pp. 221, 336 (1863> ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mas. 1868, p. 65; id. 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 189, no. 8650 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, 

 p. 18 ; Heu(/I. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. App. p clxvi (1871) ; Fisch. i^- 

 Reichen. J.f. O. 1878, p. 254 ; Hnrgitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 433 ; Shelley, 

 op. cit. 1885, p. 393. 



Campethera hemprichii, Reichenb. Scans. Pieince, p. 424, pi. dclxxiv. 

 figs. 4461-4462 (1854). 



Dendrobates abyssinicus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. 1854, p. 76. 



Dendromus liempricbii, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 299 (1855) ; 

 Spehe, Ibis, I860, p. 245 ; Sclat. Rep. Coll. Somali Country, 1869, 

 p. 11, 



Ipoctouus bempvicbi. Cab. S; Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 114 (1863) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genov. 1888, p. 211. 



Adult male. Upper parts, together -with the wings and their 

 coverts, dusky brown, the back, scapulars, rump, and upper series of 

 upper tail-coverts barred with white, the lower series of the latter 

 being blood-red ; wing-coverts and quills on both webs spotted with 

 white, shafts of the latter golden yellow ; tail blackish brown, 

 narrowly barred with buff ; shafts golden yellow ; nasal plumes 

 brownish white ; forehead umber-brown, with paler brown spots ; 

 crown and occiput dull scarlet, the nape black ; hind neck like the 

 back ; sides of the face and neck, chin and throat pure white, 

 striped with dusky black ; malar stripe umber-brown ; underparts 

 below the throat, also the under tail-coverts, dull white ; the fore 

 neck, chest, and breast striped (more or less broadly), the abdomen 

 spotted, and the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts barred with 

 brownish black ; under wing-coverts white, spotted with blackish 

 brown. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-GS, wing 3, tail 1-68, 

 tarsus 0-55 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-45, outer poste- 

 rior 0-55, inner anterior 0-37, inner posterior 0-23. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red on 

 the head, the sinciput being of a darker umber-brown and devoid 

 of lighter spotting, the posterior part of the crown and the occiput 

 brownish black. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-2, 

 tail 1-55, tarsus 0"o.5. 



Hah. Abyssinia, Bogos-Land, and Adal ; south into Shoa and 

 Somali-Lanil, and west into Senaar and Kordofan. Possibly occurs 

 also in Senegal, as there is an example in the collection said to be 

 from this locality ( Verreaux). 



a. 2 ad. ; b. S juv. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



c r7 imm. sk. Mag^en, near Senate, Feb. W. T. Blauford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



