302 . PICID^E. 



Coast, and west to Casamanze {IIartlaul>) ; E(]uatoiial Africa (Tabbo, 

 Emin Pacha). 



a, h. S 2 ^'^- sl^- Laiidana, Congo {Lucan ^ Shelley Coll. 



Petit), 



c, d. (5" 5 ad. sk. Congo. E. M. Sperling, Esq. 



[P.]. 



e. $ ad. sk. Shonga, R. Niger. Forbes Coll. 



^f. Juv. sk. limine (AlchinTi). Sharpe Coll. 



g. S ad. sk. Tabbo, Equatorial Africa, Emiu I'acha [P.]. 



Way. 



5. Dendropicus lepidus. 



Ipoctonus lepidus, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Ilein. iv. p. 118 (1863). 

 Picus lepidus, Smidev. Cansp. Av. Picin. p. 44 (ISGOj ; Ileuf/l. Orn. 



A^.0.-.4/r. p. 807 (1871). 

 Dendropicus lepidus. Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. G6 (1868) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 100, no. 8653 (1870); llaryitt, Ibis, 1883, 



p. 4:28. 



Adult male. From the description given by Cabanis and Heine, 

 tbis species would appear to bear a very close resemblance to both 

 D. lafresnaiji and D. sharpii in having the upper parts uniform, 

 and from there being no mention of any red upon the upper tail- 

 coverts it would come closer to the latter bird. The present species 

 differs, however, from both the above-mentioned in having a broad 

 ■postocular stripe (not so dark as the malar one) which neither of 

 those possess, and agrees in this respect \\itb D. ahyssiincus, but 

 the brilliant red upper tail-coverts of the latter, combined with the 

 uniform back, clearly sejxirate it from all the other Dendropici. 



Female. Very like the male, but distinguished by the vertex and 

 occiput being sraoky brown ; upper parts duller and somewhat varied 

 with paler and more obsolete spots. Total length 5", wing 3" 1'", 

 tail 1" 8'", culmcn 7'", tarsus G'", middle toe without claw 5'". 

 (^Ex Cabanis >^- Heine.) 



JJah. Abyssinia. 



6. Dendropicus sharpii. 



Dendropicus sharpii* Oustalet, K. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 62 (1879); 

 Haryitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 426. 



Adult male. Eack, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts uni- 

 form golden olive, the upper tail-coverts devoid of any red, and in 

 this respect difl'eiing from D. lafresnayi, with which it is otherwise 

 almost identical. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-G8, wing 3-15, 

 tail 1-8, tarsus 0-5 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-4, outer 

 posterior 0"5, inner anterior 0-35, inner posterior 0-22. 



* I IwTe not seen any other examples of this species besides the types in the 

 Paris Museum, from which my descriptions are taken. I am under the im- 

 presiiiou that, when we have a series for comparison, D. sharpii will be found 

 to be the same as D. lafresnayi. 



