of the Ethiopian Region. 429 



Female. Very like the male, but distinguislied by the ver- 

 tex and occiput being smoky brown ; upper back duller and 

 somewhat varied with paler and more obsolete spots. Total 

 length 5", wing 3" 1'", tail 1" 8'", culmen 7'", tarsus 6'", mid- 

 dle toe with the claw 6'". {Cabanis 6f Heine.) 



The above description is translated from the ' Museum 

 Heineanum/ where a pair o£ bu'ds from Abyssinia are said to 

 exist. Accoi'ding to Sundevall the species is very close to 

 D. lafresnayi ; but in my opinion it must resemble D. sharpii, 

 the types of which I have seen in the Paris Museum, 

 although my description of the underparts of the latter bird 

 scarcely agrees with that of D. lepidus as given by Cabanis 

 and Heine. 



Heuglin says that he very well remembers obtaining this 

 bird in South-western Tigrie and in Wogara, but was unable 

 at the time of writing his work on the birds of North-eastern 

 Africa to find any of his specimens, so that he could not 

 state the characters definitely. 



4. Dendropicus abyssinicus, 



Picus abyssinicus, Stanley in Salt^s Voy. Abyss, ii. App. 

 p. Ivi (1814); Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 95 (1845); Sundev. 

 Consp. Av. Picin. p. 44. no. 129 (1866). 



Dendrobates abyssinicus, Gi'ay, Gen. B. ii. p. 437 (1845). 



Mesopicus desmursi, Malh. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1849, 

 p. 537. 



Chloronerpes desmursi, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 118 

 (1850, ex Malh.). 



Cyanopicus mursii, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 10 (1854, 

 ex Malh.). 



Campethera abyssinica, Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinse, 

 p. 426(1854). 



Erythronerpes desmursii, Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinse, 

 p. 337 (1854, ex Malh.). 



Chloronerpes [Erythronerpes) desmursii, Reichenb. Handb. 

 Scans. Picinffi, p. 356 (1854, ex Malh.). 



Dendromus abyssinicus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 47, 



Dendropicus desmursi, Mjilh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 202^ 



