of the Ethiopian Region. 411 



Thripias schocnsis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 121 

 (1863). 



Picus schoensis, Simdev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 42. no. 123 

 (1866) ; Fischer & Eeichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 343. 



Picus schoanus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 809 (1871). 



Adult male. Above dusky yellowish olive, bai'red with 

 whitish ; the upper back more dusky, the tips of the feathers 

 having white crescent-shaped markings ; scapulars like the 

 back, with whitish cross -markings ; wing-coverts dusky 

 yellowish olive, the lesser series spotted, the median and 

 greater coverts having crescent-shaped whitish markings; 

 bastard- wing and primary-coverts dusky brown ; quills dusky 

 brown, the outer webs partially or entirely dull yellowish 

 olive, those of the primaries minutely spotted, and of the 

 secondaries partially barred with whitish ; inner webs deeply 

 notched with pure white ; a few of the inner feathers entirely 

 dull olive, with the same markings ; shafts dull golden yellow ; 

 rump similar to the back, but more golden olive ; upper tail- 

 coverts golden olive, edged with bright golden and having 

 buffy white cross-markings ; central pair of rectrices golden 

 olive-brown, margined and tipped with brighter golden, and 

 partially barred upon the inner webs with buffy white; the 

 remainder blackish brown (the centre of the webs being olive- 

 brown), barred with brownish white upon the outer webs, 

 and having broader and whiter bars upon the inner ; dwarf 

 feather dusky brown, barred with whitish ; shafts bright 

 golden yellow ; nasal plumes white, tipped with black ; sin- 

 ciput and edge of the crown black, spotted with white ; re- 

 mainder of the crown and occiput scarlet, the bases of the 

 feathers blackish ; nape intense black ; lores and sides of the 

 face and neck white, with a few blackish markings; a broad 

 and intense black auricular stripe, and a similar one from the 

 base of the lower mandible running down the side of the 

 throat and fore neck, the two uniting a little behind the 

 cheek ; chin and throat white ; from the chest to the vent 

 (including flanks and thighs) pale olive dusky, barred with 

 dull white ; under tail-coverts broadly barred with pale dusky 

 olive, and more narrowly with whitish ; under surface of the 



