12 Birds of Gambia. 



back of neck like the cheeks, but with lar,i,^er bLvk spots. Mantle- 

 long loose feathers — olive speckled with dark brown and pale fawn, 

 back and rump much the same, but the feathers barred rather than 

 spotted. Upper tail-coverts the same but paler, the light base:.- being 

 more distinct. Tail, sharp -pointed stiff feathers, central shafts yellow, 

 webs above pale brown barred with darker, below reddish -yellow 

 shaded pnd barred with brown. Wing-coverts and flights above 

 olive spotted and barred with pale fawn, below gre.y-brown, shafts 

 yellow. Under surface: chin, and throat pale olive spotted with 

 small black spots, breast yellower and also spotted, centre of abdo- 

 men olive-yellow, without spots ; sides and under wing-coverts duller, 

 paler and spotted; under tail-coverts pale olive-yellow with a few 

 black spots. Bill lead-colour, lower mandible the paler. Feet 

 olive-grey; iris burnt sienna. Length, 9^ inches. 



Next day I shot another, probably the female. The plumage 

 the same, except that the forehead was not red, but from the base 

 of bill to middle of crown (where the red began), the feathers 

 wei-e black with small pale olive-yellow spots; the oblique red cheek- 

 stripe also w^as only represented by a faint greyish line without 

 any red, and the back was perhaps a brightei- shade oY olive than 

 in the bird first shot." 



" April G, 190G. Another Woodpecker shot. This, I think 

 musf 1)0 Mesopicusi r/oerfan. Above, forehead grey, crown feathers 

 red mingled with grey, nape grey. Mantle olive-green, loose long 

 feathers with grey bases; rump and upper tail -coverts red, loose long 

 pointed feathers with olive and grey bases. Wing-coverts olive; 

 remiges brownish with olive outer edges, especially marked after 

 the first four; cream-coloured spots on both edges, larger on the 

 inner; below grey-brown, with broad wiiite margins; under wing- 

 coverts barred with grey-brown and white. Below, chin, face, and 

 throat grey, breast grey tinged witii pale olive, as are also the 

 abdomen and vent. Tail feathers still' ami i>ointed, brown alinve, 

 below brown, slightly tinged with olive. Bill and feet dark lead 

 coloured; iris, sepia. Length, 7J inches. 



List of Woodpeckers likely to occur in Gambia (from the 

 the British Museum Hand-list). 



Campothera punctata. 



Range. Senegambia to Nigeria. (H.L.) 



C. maculosa. 



Range. Senegambia to Gold Coast; Equatorial Africa. (H.L.) 



C. nivosa. 



Range. Senegambia to Congo. Fernando Po. (H.L.) 



Dcnropicns minutus. 



Rinige. AVest .\frica, Senegambia. {H.L.) 



/>. Jiemprichi. 



Range. North-east Africa? Senegambia. (H.L.) 



D lafresnayi. 



