of the Ethiopian Region. 425 



1. Dendropicus lafresnayi, 



Dendropicos lafresnayi, Malh. Rev. cle Zool, 1849, p. 533. 



Dendrobates lafresnayi, Bonap. Coiisp. Gen. Av. i. p. 125 

 (1850) ; J. & E. Verreaux, Hev. et Mag. cle Zool. 1855, 

 p. 272; Bocage, Orn. Aug. App. p. 535 (1877). 



Campethera lafresnayi, Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinse, 

 p. 426. no. 1002 (1854). 



Dendropicus lafresnayi, Bonap. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9 

 (1854) ; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 177 (1857) ; Malh. Monogr. 

 Picid. i. p. 204, pi. xliv. fig. 4 (1861) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, 

 p. 263 ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 66 (1868) ; id. Hand-1. 

 B. ii. p. 192. no. 8654 (1870) ; Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 50; Reiclienow, Mitth. Afrik. 

 Gesellscb. i. p. 3 ; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lisb. xxix. 1880, 

 p. 49. 



fyoctonus lafresnayi. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 116 

 (1863). 



Picas lafresnayi, Sundev. Consp. Av. Piciu. p. 43. no. 127 

 (18G6) ; Giebel, Thes. Orn. p. 162 (1876). 



Dendrocopus lafresnayi, Reicheuow, J. f. 0. 1877, p. 18. 



Adult male. Above, including scapulars, uniform golden 

 olive, the half-concealed portion of the feathers more of a 

 dull olive ; wing-coverts brownish black, margined externally 

 with yellowish olive and spotted with white ; bastard-wing 

 brownish black, spotted with white ; primary-coverts uniform 

 brownish black ; quills blackish brown, the outer webs 

 margined at the base, or along the whole length, with dull 

 yellowish olive, and spotted with white or yellowish white ; 

 inner webs spotted with pure white, the spotting on the 

 secondaries having an appearance of bars ; some of the 

 inner feathers dull yellowish olive on both webs, shafts 

 golden yellow ; rump like the back, but the half-concealed 

 darker bases of the feathers producing an indistinct barred 

 appearance ; upper tail-coverts more golden than the back, 

 with a trace of red on the tips ; tail brownish black (the 

 inner portion of the webs olive), barred with dingy brownish 

 or yellowish white, the bars yellower on the central pair of 



