of the Eihiopian Region. 431 



Above bright olivaceous yellow ; occiput, as far as the nape, 

 and the upper tail-coverts bright crimson j sinciput pale ashy 

 brown ; a large patch on the hind neck dusky black ; the 

 sides of the head dusky blackish, with two white stripes on 

 each side, one above the eye conspicuous^ one below the eye 

 not so pronounced ; wing-coverts, quills^ and tail-feathers 

 dusky blackish, marked in the form of bands with whitish 

 spots (in part tinged with a washed-out umber-brown colour 

 or olivaceous) ; the shafts above shining dusky, underneath 

 whitish, not yellow ; under surface of the body olivaceous 

 grey, and with the throat, which is more whitish, conspicu- 

 ously streaked with dusky blackish; bill blackish horn- 

 colour ; feet dusky lead-colour ; iris red. Total length 5^"- 

 6i", bill to the forehead 8'", wing 3" 6"'-3" 8'", tail 1" 10'", 

 tarsus 7'". {Heuglin.) 



Of this species, which is fully described in Heuglin's work 

 above quoted, we have not seen a specimen. It was obtained 

 by him in Tigrie and Telemet, at an elevation of from 6000 

 to 8000 feet above the sea, in December and January. He 

 states, moreover, that it is not rare in Eastern and Central 

 Abyssinia. There are certain points in Heuglin's description, 

 especially the colour of the shafts of the tail-feathers, which 

 appear to indicate that he was describing a young bird. 



It appears to be close to D. abyssinicus ; but in the latter 

 bird the rump and upper tail-coverts are crimson, whereas in 

 D. melanauchen only the latter are described as being of the 

 last-named colour. 



6. Dendropicus obsoletus. 



Picus obsoletus, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 510; Riipp. Syst. 

 Uebers. 1854, p. 88; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 435 (1846); 

 Reichenb. Handb. Scans. Picinae, p. 378, pi. desk figs. 4271, 

 4272 (1854) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 31 (1866) ; Heugl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 803 (1871). 



Dendrubates hemprichii, juv., Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, 

 p. 88 (teste Malherbe). 



Picus murinus, Sundev. O^fv. Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 

 Stockh. 1850, p. 131. 



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