24. JiKsoPictJS. 369 



Dendrobates poliocephalus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 437 (1846) ; Bp. 



Comp. Gen. Av. i. p. l-'o (1850). 

 Dendrobates goertan, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 437 (1846) ; Bp. Consp, 



Gen. Av. i. p. 125 (1850) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, p. 199 ; Bocaye, 



Orn. Any., App. p. 535 (1877). 

 Gecinus goertan, Bhjth, Cut. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 57 (1849). 

 Mesopicus goertan, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 340 ; Bp. 



Consp. J'olwcr. Zygod. p. 9 (1854) ; Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 45, 



pi. Ixiii. tigs. 1, 2 '(1862) ; Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1863, p. 324; 



Hargitt, Ibis, 1883, p. 412 ; Skarjie, Joiirn. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 431 



(1884). 

 Picus poliocephalus, Ciw. in Mus. Paris ; PucJier. Rev. et Mag. ZooL 



1852, p. 479; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 47 (1866). 

 Picus spodocephalus {non Bp.), Brehm, J.f. O. 1854, p. 78; Sundev. 



Consp. Av. Picin. p. 45, no. 133 a (1866); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



ii. p. 813 (1871). 

 Scolecotheres goertan, Peichenh, Scans. Picinee, p. 428, pi. dclxxvi, 



figs. 4475-76 (1854) ; Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 136 



(1863). ' 



Scolecotheres poliocephalus, Peichenb. Scans. Picina, p. 427, 



pi. dclxxvi. figs. 4473-74 (1854). 

 Scolecotheres immaculatus, Peichenb. Scans. Picinee, p. 428 (1854) 



Cab. S)- Heine, Mns. Hein. iv. p. 135 (1863). 

 Dendropicus goertan, Hartl. Orn, W.-A/r. p. 179 (1857) ; Sharpe, 



Pris, 1869, p. 386. 

 Dendropicus imni.iculatus, ^«r^/. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 180(1857) ; Gray, 



List Picid. Brit. Mus. 1868, p. 67 ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 190, no. 



8659 (1870) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 717. 

 Dendropicus poliocephalus, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 179 (1857). 

 Mesopicus spodocephalus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 49, pi. Ixiii. figs. 4, 5 



(1862). 

 Mesopicus poicephalus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 48 (1862). 

 Mesopicus immaculatus, Malh. Picidce, ii. p. 47 (1862) ; Cass. Proc. 



Acad. Philad. 1863, p. 324. 

 Dendropicus goertse, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 67 (1868) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 190, no. 8658 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, 



p. 18 ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 131. 

 Dendrocopus poliocephalus, Reichenoio, J.f. 0. 1877, p. 18. 



Adult male. Back and scapulars pale golden olive ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts scarlet ; wing-coverts pale golden olive, the greater 

 series having whitish spots ; quills dusky brown spotted with white 

 on both webs, the outer webs of the secondaries and of the inner 

 j)riraaries at the base washed with golden olive, and this tinting the 

 white spots ; shafts brown ; tail dark brown, the outer large feather 

 with transverse marginal spots of bufly white; shafts brownish 

 black ; crown, occiput, and nape scarlet ; nasal plumes, forehead, 

 entire face and neck silvery grey, grading into drabby grey on the 

 underparts, with a yellow, orange, or reddish tinge on the alsdomen; 

 under tail-coverts yellowish drab ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 ]aries slightly yellowish white, barred with brownish dusky, the bars 

 on the axillaries very faint. Total length 7"8 inches, culmen 1*14, 

 wing 4-45, tail 2-55, tarsus 0-77 ; toes (without claws) — outer ante- 

 rior 0*62, outer posterior 0"68, inner anterior 0-48, inner posterior 

 0-28. 



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