336 PICIDyE. 



white on the fore ueck ; underparts dingy huffy white, broadly 

 striped with brown, the chest and breast washed with yellow ; 

 nndcr tail-coverts pale ochreous brown, with iiinber-brown stria- 

 tions ; under wing-coverts white, with a few large dusky-brown 

 spots : " iris brown ; bill greyish brown ; tarsus dull olive" (Guilh- 

 mard). Total length 5-2 inches, culmcn 0-72, wing 3-05, tail 1-55, 

 tarsus 0-57 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-45, outer pos- 

 terior 0-52, inner anterior 0-37, inner posterior 0-22. 



Adult female. Wants the scarlet occipital feathers. Total length 

 5"2 inches, culmeu 0'7, wing 3'05, tail VQ, tarsus 0"6. 



Hah. Confined to Celebes. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Celebes. Purchased. 



b,c.S2 ad. sk. L'elebes. Gould Coll. 



d. S imm. sk. Celebes. Wallace Coll. 



e,f. c? $ ad. sk. N. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



g. S ad. sk. Menado. Gould Coll. 



/(, i. 6 $ ad. .sk. Makassar. Wallace Coll. 



19. lyngipicus obsoletus *. 



Picus obsoletus, Wagl. Isis, 18:19, p. 510; Eiipp. Si/st. Uehers. 1854, 



p. SB; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 485 (1846) ; Reichenb. Scans. Picmcp, 



p. 378, pi. dcxl. figs. 4271, 4272 (1854) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. 



p. 31 (1866); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 803 (1871). 

 Dendrobates hemprichii, juv., liiipp. Si/st. Uehers. 1845, p. 88 {teste 



M(dherbe). 

 Picus DUirinus {non Malh.), Sundev. (Efo. Konc/l. Vet.-Akad. Fnr- 



handl. Stockli. 1850, p. 131 ; Hartl. Ahhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. 1882, 



p. 207. 

 Dendromus obsoletus, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zijgod. p. 9 (1854). 

 Dendrobates obsoletus, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1854, p. 199. 

 Dendropicus obsoletus, Hartl. Or7i. W.-Afr. p. 178 (1857) ; Malh. 



Picklce, i. p. 206, pi. xlv. figs. 1, 2 (1861) ; Jlartl. J. f. 0. 1861, 



p. 263 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mm. p. 69 (1868) ; id. Hand-t. 



B. ii. p. 190, no. 8662 (1870); Harqitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 431; Hartl. 



Zool. Jlihrh. Zeitsch. Sijst. Gcog. Biol. Thieve, 1887, p. 308.^ 

 Ipophilus obsoletus. Cab. l^ Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 113 (1863). 

 Ipophilus niurinus, Cab. Sf Heine, Mies. Hein. iv. p. 113, note 



(1863). 

 Picus hedenborgi, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 31 (1866). 

 Dendropicus nuuiinis, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mvs. p. 60 (1868) ; 



id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 190, no. 8663 (1870). 



Adult male. Back, rump and upper tail-coverts, scapulars and 

 lesser wing-coverts umber-brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 barred with white ; median and greater M'ing-coverts and the quills 

 blackish brown, the former, as Avell as both webs of the latter, 

 spotted with white ; shafts of quills clear brown; tail brownish 

 black, barred or transversely spotted with creamy white : shafts 

 pale brown ; nasal plumes, forehead, and crown umber-brown ; 



* I think this is without doubt a true lyngipicvs, and the occurrence of tliis 

 ludian genus in the Ethiopian Region is remarkable. 



