PICIDJ^. 219 



PICID^. 



261. Thripias namaquus (Licht.). Bearded Woodpecker, 



Le Pic a double vioustuche, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 251 (male) «& 



252 (female). 

 JDendrobates namaquus, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Coutr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 155. 

 Dendropiciis biarmicus, Malkerbe's Monographie des Piciddes, pi. 42. 



figs. 4, 5, & 6. 

 Dendrobates namaquus, Layard's Cat. No. 471. 

 Picus namaquus, Finsch & Ilartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 507. 

 Thripias namaquus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 8664. 

 De^idropicus namaquus, Skarpe's Cat. No. 160. 



I have scarcely ever seen this Woodpecker in Great 

 Namaqua Land, but have found it (very sparingly) 

 throughout Damara Land, and as far north as the river 

 Okavango, where, and at Lake Ngami, it is more 

 numerous than in Damara Land, though no species of 

 Woodpecker can be said to be common in any of the 

 countries the ornithology of which is described in these 

 pages. 



The iris is of a red wine-colour, the bill greenish 

 grey, and the legs and toes greyish olive. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 9 5 



Length of folded wing 5 5 



,, tarsus 11 



„ middle toe 16 



„ tail 3 1 



bill 18 



262. DendropicUS Hartlaubii, Malh. Hartlaub's Woodpecker. 

 Dendropicus Ilartlaulii, Mallicrbe's Monographie des Picidees, pi. 44. 



figs. 1 & 2. 

 Picus llartlaubi, Suiidevair^ Ccnsp. Av. Pic. p. 4o. 



