21. THRIPIAS. 307 



Lisb. 1880, p. 232 ; Suasa, op. cit. 1880, p. 43 ; Sctlviu, Cat. SfrickL 



Coll. p. 392 (1882). 

 Dendropicus mystaceus, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1849, p. 339. 

 Campethera namaqua, Reichenh. Scans. Picince, p. 422, pi. dclxxii. 



figs. 4451,4452 (1851). 

 Campethera punctata, Reichenb. Scans. Picince, p. 425 (1851, e.V 



Jleill.). 

 Dendropicus namaqims, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod.^. 9 (1854) ; Grai/, 



(1881). 

 Dendropicus biarmicus, Malh. Picidce, i. p. 193, pi. xlii. fio-s. 4-6 



(1861). 

 Thripias naraaquus. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 121 (1863). 

 Dendrobates schoensis {no7i Rlipp.), Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 593. 

 Mesopicus schoensis (non Riipp.), Harr/. Ibis, 1883, p. 410. 

 Mesopicus decipieus *, Sharpe, Juurn. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 430 (1884). 

 Mesopicus nauiaquus. Hare/. Ibis, 1883, p. 407 ; Fischer, Madar. 



Zeitschr. gesamm. Orn. 1884, p. 368 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 53 ; 



PiiUik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1889, p. 69. 



Adult male. Back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and rump dusky olive, 

 the upper tail-coverts more g-oldeu and tipped with yellow, the 

 whole being covered with narrow crescentic or bar-like markings 

 of dull white, the upper tail-coverts sometimes tinged with red ; 

 quills dusky brown, spotted with white on both webs ; the outer 

 webs of the secondaries aud of the primaries at the base washed 

 with golden olive, this colour tinging the white spots ; shafts golden 

 yellow ; tail dark brown, the feathers having narrow bar-like 

 spots of huffy white on both webs, the latter being washed down 

 each side of the shafts with golden olive; shafts golden yellow ; 

 nasal plumes dull white tipped with black ; sinciput black spotted 

 with white, posterior half of the crown and the occiput scarlet ; 

 nape and hind neck black ; sides of the face and neck, chin and 

 throat white, the side of the neck crossed by dusky bars ; a short 

 auricular stripe of black, and a second broad black stripe bordering 

 the throat and fore neck and quite separated from the former by a 

 stripe of white ; chest and entire underparts and under tail-coverts 

 dull white barred with dusky, with an olivaceous tinge, the under 

 tail-coverts tinged with yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white or slightly yellowish, barred with dusky brown or black : 

 " bill dusky, with the under mandible lighter; irides bright garnet 

 colour ; tarsi and feet pale dingj- olive-green " {T. Ai/res). Total 

 length 8'5 inches, culmen l-4o, wing 5-2, tail 2-7, tarsus O'So ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'62, outer posterior 0-72, inner 

 anterior 0-45, inner posterior 0*35. 



* Founded upon specimens of Tk. namaqiriis which have the auricular stripe 

 more or less bordering the ear-coverts posteriorly, and described by me in the 

 ' Ibis,' lor 1883, p. 410, as Mcsapiciis schoensis. Further examination of specimens 

 shows me tliat M. decipieus is synonymous with Thripias namaquiis, as the 

 supposed difTerences are not constant, nor confined to any geographical area. 



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