220 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



Picm Hartlaubi, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 512. 

 Dendroptciis Harthiuhii, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 8051. 



[I have not found this species amongst those collections of 

 Mr. Audersson's which have come under my notice; nor do I 

 find that it is mentioned in Mr. Andersson's MS. notes; but 

 Professor Sundevall {loc. cit.) mentions a specimen obtained by 

 the late Professor Wahlberg, at Walwich Bay, on the 37th of 

 April, 185J?; and Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub {loc. cit.) refer to 

 a specimen procured in Damara Land by Mr. Andersson, and 

 now preserved in the Museum at Bremen. — Ed.] 



263. Dendropicus Cardinalis (Gmel.). Cardiual Woodpecker. 



Le petit Pic d, hufjuettes cVor, Levaillaut's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 253. 

 Dendrohates fuscescens, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 155. 

 Dendropicus fulviscapus, Malherbe's Monogi-apbie des Picidees, 

 pl.43. figs. 1,2,3. 

 „ „ Layard's Cat. No. 472. 



Picus fulviscapus, Chapman's Travels in S. Kh., App. p. 405. 

 Dendropicus cardinalis, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 8649. 

 „ „ Sliarpe's Cat. No. 1G4. 



This pretty little Woodpecker, though it cannot be 

 said to be abundant, is the commonest of all those found 

 in Damara and Great Namaqua Land, and is also toler- 

 ably numerous at Lake Ngami. It is a comparatively 

 tame species, and is sometimes found singly, but more 

 often in pairs ; it usually frequents trees of moderate 

 size, situated in the more scanty woods or on the banks 

 of the periodical watercourses. 



The sexes in this species do not differ in size. The 

 iris is red ; the bill greenish slaty ; the legs and toes 

 green, tinged with slate-colour. 



[A specimen of this AVoodpcckcr, procured l)y I\Ir. Aiidcrsson 

 at Objimbinquc, is in the collection of Mr. 11. B.Sharpc. — Ev).^ 



