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The nest-hole did not differ from those of other Wood- 

 peckers. 



Iris chestnut-brown, bill grayish horn-color, feet grayish 

 green. 



Camp other a caroli. 



Chloropinis caroli, Malh. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, 

 p. 550. 



Dendromus (Pardipicus) caroli, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. pp. 

 182 & 274. 



Campothera caroli^ Hargitt, Ibis 1883, p. 480. 



Hab. West Africa, from Liberia to the River Quanza 

 (the latter locality on the authority of Mr. Barbosa du Bocage). 



An adult female, collected near Bavia. 



This specimen agrees perfectly well with Mr. Hargitt's 

 description (1. c.) of the adult male , except the crown , 

 which is dark olivaceous green instead of olive brown and 

 tipped with red. The superciliary stripe and under wing- 

 coverts are verdigris, the rounded spots on the lower sur- 

 face , those on chin and throat not excepted , are ochraceous 

 buff with a greenish tinge. 



Iris brown , bill horn-gray , feet grayish green. 



Ca mpothera nivo s a. 



Dendromus nivosns , Swains. Birds W. Afr. II, p. 162; — 

 Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 183. 



Dendrohates congicus , Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 535. 



Campothera nivosa , Hargitt, Ibis 1883, p. 482. 



Hab. West Africa , from the Casamauze to the Loango 

 Coast. 



Two males , collected near Sofore Place and Robertsport. 



The round spots on the under surface in both of our 

 Liberiau specimens are ochraceous buff , tinged with green , 

 like in the foregoing species; ear-coverts, sides of the neck 

 and under wing-coverts of the specimen from Sofore Place 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, Vol. VII. 



