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5- — DeNOROPICOS I.AFRESNAYI HAKTIAIHI. 



Dcndropicos hartUuibii Mai. h., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1849, p. 532 : 

 Zanzibar. 



Synonym. — Deiulropicos zanzibu) i Mai.m. (Zanzibar.) 



Hangc. — Zanzibar Island and coasts of niainland opposite, i.e. 

 Pana[ani river and Dar-es-Salaani sonth to tbe Kovuma and Zani- 

 besi ri vers. 



Distiiiguis/iinir charactcrs. — Upper snrface olivej^reen qnite 

 distinctlv barred witli pale brown and bull", the barring more defined 

 than in most of this group bnt less niarked than in X}ç\q fuscescens 

 gronp. Size rather large 86-93 '"•"• 



Observation. — Claude Gk.vnt inclndes this bird as a race of 

 Dendropicos abyssiniens, a conrse I entirely disagree with. 



Group III . 

 Mantle golden, no barring, rnmp scarlet. 



DENDKoriCOS ABVSSINICUS. 



Picus abyssiniens Stanley, Salt's Vov. Abvss., 1814, p. lvi : 

 Abvssinia. 



Range. — Abvssinia. 



Distingiiishing eharacters. — Mantle golden without anv trace 

 of barring, rnmp and upper tail-coverts scarlet ; nnder surface 

 heavily striated ; shafts of priniaries black not vellow. 



As already remarked systematists cannot include D. abyssiniens 

 with either Ûxq fnscescens or lafresnayi group, but thèse two last 

 named can easilv be united nnder the oldest spécifie name i.e.fus- 

 ceseens (18 18) if the arrangement which I liave adopted is not 

 accepted. 



