24. jiEsopicus. 371 



Hartl. Oni. W.-Afr. p. 180 (note) (1857) ; Salvud. Anii. Mus. 



Civ. fStor. Nat. Genova, 1884, p. 88 ; id. op. cit. 1888, p. 211. 

 Scolecotheres spodocepbalus, Reichenb. Scans. Piciiice, p. 427, 



pi. dclxxvi. figs. 4471-72 (1854) {ex Riqjp.). 

 Dendropicus spodocepbalus, Gray, List Ficid. Brit. Mus. p. 68 



(1868) (pt.) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 190, n. 8660 (1870) (pt.) ; Pelz. 



Verhandl. k. k. zool.-hot. Gesellsch. xxxi. p. 615 (1881). 

 Picus (Mesopicus) rhodeogaster, Fisch. ^ Beicheiunv, J.f. O. 1884, 

 p. 180; Fisck. in Madardsz, Zeitsch. gesamm. Orn. 1884, p. 369. 



Adult female. Back and scapulars uniform golden olive, the 

 feathers having brighter golden margins ; wing-coverts browner 

 than the back and more or less margined with golden olive : quills 

 brown, the outer webs of the inner primaries margined with golden 

 olive, those of the secondaries partiallj' or entirely olive-brown, 

 similarlj- margined ; a few minute and almost obsolete j-ellowish 

 spots on the outer webs of some of the primaries ; the inner webs of 

 the primaries at their base, and those of the secondaries along their 

 whole length, spotted with white; the innermost secondaries washed 

 with olive on the inner webs, shafts dark brown : rump and upper 

 tail-coverts scarlet ; tail brown, the lateral feathers with a few 

 indistinct spots of yellowish brown, shafts dark brown ; nasal 

 plumes, entire head and neck, also the under surface of the bodj', 

 bluish grey, the breast having a slight tinge of olive ; the abdomen 

 scarlet-vermilion ; under tail-coverts uniform, and rather browner 

 than the under surface of the body ; under wing-coverts dull white, 

 with a shght tinge of yellow, and having dusky barring : " irides 

 chestnut ; bill plumbeous black ; feet dusky bluish " (Antinori). 

 Total length 7 inches, culmen 0"9, wing 4-37, tail 2*3, tarsus 0-7 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*56, outer posterior 0"62, 

 inner anterior 0'45, inner posterior 0"3. 



Adult male. " Differs from the female in the Antinori Collection 

 in having the ashy-grey feathers of the crown and occiput tipped 

 with red ; the forehead is ashy grey and without red " {Salvadori). 

 " Irides dusky ; bill and feet bluish " (Eagazzi). 



Bah. Shoa and south-west to Lado, and ranging into Massai- 

 Land. 



3. Mesopicus griseocephalus. 



Le Pic verd de I'lsle de Luyon, Sonn. Toy. Nouv. Guiii. 1776, 



p. 73, pi. xxxvi. 

 Le Pic a tete grite du Cap de Bonne Efpi'rance, Btiff'. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



vii. p. 26 (1780) ; Faid). PL Enl. 786. fig. 2. 

 Cape Woodpecker, Lath. Gen. Syyi. ii. p. 586, pi. 2 (1782). 

 Manilla Green Woodpecker, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 583, no. 28 



(1782). 

 Picus griseocephalus, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Fnl. p. 49 (1783). 

 Picus meustruus. Scop. Del. Fl. ct Favn. Insutir. ii. p. 89, no. 50 



(1786) ; Sunder. Consp. Av.Picin. p. 45, no. 132 (1866). 

 Picus capensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 430 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 



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