554 PIC1D,35. 



Nannopipo africana, Cah. S,- Heine, Miis. Hein. Th. iv. p. 9 (1863). 

 PicumniLS afiieanus, Sundev. Consp. Av. Pkin. p. 106 (1866). 



Male * (prohahhf mhiU). Above, including tail-coverts and wing- 

 coverts, \uiiform dusky olive ; quills dusky, the outer webs of the 

 secondaries margined with dull yellowish olive, the inner webs of 

 the quills margined M'ith greyish at the base ; shafts brownish 

 black ; tail and the shafts dusky black ; na.^al plumes dusky black ; 

 frontal band rufous : top of the head, occiput, and nape dusky olive ; 

 face slaty grey, shading into olive on the side of the neck ; entire 

 underparts, as well as the chin and throat, olivaceous slaty, some of 

 the feathers, likewise some of those of the malar region, having 

 rufous tips ; under wing-coverts white : underside of quill-shafts 

 ■white. Total length 2-6 inches, culmen 0-4, wing l-!), tail 0-55, 

 tarsus 0"42 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-3, outer po.s- 

 terior 0-3, inner anterior 0-22, inner ])osterior 0-17. 



Female. Appears to ditier from the male solely in having the 

 head and the underparts nearly concolorous. 



Ohs. Owing to the rarity of this species it is impossible to arrive 

 at any positive conclusion as to its plumages, but the fact that most 

 of the known examples are in the dusky-olive plumage of the male, 

 above described, renders it most probable that it is the adult garb. 

 The specimen in the British Museum seems to be in a state of 

 transition, having the face, neck, and underparts varied with rufous, 

 which suggests a more or less rufous young. 



Hab. Confined (as far as is known) to Gaboon. 



a. [?Ad.] sk. Gaboon. M. Verreaux. 



49. SASIA. ^^,p^ 



Picumnus, pt., Is. Geoff r. St.-Hilaire, Noun. Arch, du Mus. 

 1832, p. 397. 



Sasia, Hodgs. J. A S. Beiifl. v. p. 778 (1836) S. ocbracea. 



Microcolaptes, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 54 (1840) S. abnormis. 



Comeris, Hodys. J A. 8. Benx/. x. p. 27 (1841) S. ocbracea. 



Dryaltes, Gloger {teste G. R. Grmj) S. ocbracea. 



Picumnoides, M<dh. Monogr. Picid. ii. p. 286 (1862) S. abnormis. 



Head and tail of Sasia abnormis. 



* My description is taken from the specimen in the Paris Museum. It is 

 not sexpfl. hut is appnrently an adult male. 



