426 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



feathers ; dwarf feathers olive dusky^ barred and tipped with 

 yellowish, shafts golden yellow '; sinciput umber-brown ; 

 remainder of crown and occipital crest scarlet, the bases of 

 the feathers dark leaden grey; hind neck dusky olive, the 

 feathers having yellowish tips ; lores and superciliary stripe 

 white ; side of the face and neck white, slightly streaked with 

 blackish ; a narrow black moustachial stripe ; chin, throat, 

 and fore neck white, the latter having blackish striations ; 

 from the chest to the under tail-coverts, inclusive, pale yel- 

 low, streaked with black ; under surface of the tail slightly 

 golden; under wing-coverts yellowish white, spotted with 

 black ; axillaries pale yellow ; " bill dark horn-colour ; feet 

 dark greenish ; iris clear brown " {Falkenstein). Total length 

 5*5 inches, culmcn 0'73, wing 3*2, tail 1*7, tarsus 0'55 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0'4, outer posterior 0*5, inner 

 anterior 0'3, inner posterior 0"2. 



Adult female. Differing from the male in having the fore- 

 head and crown dark brown and the nape black, the under- 

 parts less yellow, and the striations appearing blacker; 

 " bill black ; feet leaden grey ; iris dark brown " [Falken- 

 stein). Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 0*67, wing 3*2, tail 

 I'GS, tarsus 0"6. 



This small species is readily distinguished by its uniform 

 back. Malherbe gives its range as from Gaboon into Senegal, 

 but we have not seen examples from either of these localities. 

 Dr. Hartlaub states, however, that the Bremen Museum pos- 

 sesses a specimen from Casamanze. In the British Museum 

 is an undoubted example from the interior of Fantee, and 

 Eiis collected it in Aguapim. Specimens from Landana, on 

 the Congo [Lucan S^^ Petit), are in Captain Shelley ^s collec- 

 tion ; and Dr. Reichenow has recorded the species from the 

 Loango coast {Falkenstein), as well as from Malange, in 

 Angola, and specimens from the latter province are in the 

 Lisbon Museum. 



2. Dendropicus sharpii. 



Dendropicus sharpii, Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 62 



(1879). 



