428 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Woodpeckers 



have seen as yet, and without a larger series it would be rash 

 to argue too much concerning the validity of the present 

 species. We incline, however, to the belief that it will be 

 found, sooner or later, to be the same as D. Infresnayi. In- 

 deed, on the upper tail-coverts of the young bird of Z). sharpii 

 we remember seeing a trace of red ; and as this is the chief 

 difference between the latter bird and D. lafresnayi, wc think 

 that it is highly probable the two birds are identical. The 

 present species was first described by Dr. Oustalet in the 

 catalogue of birds collected by M. Marche in his voyage 

 upon the river Ogowe, the specimens having been obtained 

 at Doume, on the Upper Ogowe river, in September and 

 October 1876. 



3. Dendropicus lepidus. 



Ipoctonus lepidus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 118 

 (1863) . 



Picus lepidus, Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 44 (1866) ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 807 (1871). 



Dendropicus lepidus, Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. QQ 

 (1868) ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. p.' 190. no 8653 (1870). 



Male. Above somewhat yellowish olive-green ; rump and 

 upper tail- coverts more yellowish olive ; sinciput pale brown- 

 ish ; vertex and occiput bright crimson ; sides of the head 

 white varied with dusky, with two bands on each side, one 

 behind the eye, rather broader and more obsolete, the other 

 narrower, but more distinct, starting from the base of the 

 mandible and descending on the sides of the neck, so as to 

 skirt the throat on each side ; wing-coverts and quills olive- 

 dusky, with small olive yellowish-white spots on the outer 

 webs, and on the inner webs longer whitish spots ; shafts of 

 quills yellow ; throat whitish, with small dusky shaft-streaks ; 

 breast and abdomen dull olivaceous white, with dusky shaft- 

 streaks, those on the breast and upper belly broader, on the 

 lower belly narrower, and those on the vent more obsolete 

 and spot-like; under wing-coverts whitish, spotted with a 

 few dusky spots ; the tail-feathers olivaceous dusky, marked 

 on each margin Avith olivaceous white spots in the shape of 

 bands, shafts bright yellow ; bill and feet bluish dusky. 



